And the Band Played On....Part I

Piranhas, within a canaries cannibal world....

Feasting upon the flesh, of another innocent and vulnerable life

Delivered by the hands of darkness' entrenched; unknowing but willing, messengers of woe!

In hopes of crippling and destroying, by means of ridicule, guilt and shame

The subtle and not so subtle, of the spiteful and scorned....

Chatterings like arrows, from their poisoned bows

Within comments and verse, and their opened air words

Always the same-looking for their entrance, to bring another to their knees

To evoke their own will? These amissfully mangled and subverse desires

Within, these shatteringly tainted dreams....

Relentlessly they search, for the Achilles heel, to crumble yet anothers hope!

Traveling through these mediums of morbids main, and fluttering hearts....

In through the side doors, and along the corridores, via way, of the shadowish mind

Enter the sublimes of deceivings presented, before all of Heavens sight!

While as half closed eyes stand in silence, all about, within muted watch....

Reminding myself of a case years ago; where a young girl was beaten, stabbed and murdered

As at least a dozen different people, cowered within their rooms

Amid her desperate cries, beggings and pleas for help; help, that would never arrive!?

So such it seems so very often, among many within this society in which we live....

Whom turn their backs and avert their glance; while bowing their heads, and walking on by

Back, into their own blackened holes!....(Cont)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 7/3/2009 8:55:00 PM
Chilling, very chilling indeed, but quite realistic. It reminds me of those who spend their life scamming people. I have had a couple of brush with such people not long ago. Your choose your words well and they evoke striking pictures, almost brutal and the end is absolutely tragic. I like the last line. Thanks for sharing you work. Caroline.
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Date: 4/13/2009 11:41:00 PM
So much muse is stirred from these words, awakening the mind to the perception of physical and mental abuse. Whilst yes, some people walk by, other times these afflictors of crimes upon the innocents are often very clever, and have learned to deceive those who pass by, continuing to work these deeds not only in the shadows but in brightness of light. The innocent too ashamed of their plight and to frightened to reach out or come forward..Thanks for helping to highlight such cause...Anna-Marie
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Date: 3/6/2009 10:32:00 AM
Wow John! The voice in this speaks with power against how we treat each other. It makes me think of the phrase "What would Jesus do?" and how much guidence we can get from that question. On to read #2! Excellent, so far! Love, Robin
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Date: 3/5/2009 5:55:00 PM
hi my friend John, I hope hat all is well with you, such a great and moving write, it gives one pause for thought and puts you in the place where you have writte, take care D-nyce
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