Ballad of the Hollows

Woe the few brave That fear cowered behind Waiting to deprave Till shots rung Viewed as the addled We are engulfed We are only The silhouette of our substance We have been formed crudely By the circumscribe of tyrants But we will not be deterred The restrictors will not dilute the glory Of those few brave who rebuked our transgressors We are caged Like animals we stalk But we are not the egregious they seek All they are the ones unperturbed By their forfeited ethical standing Soldiers that never atoned For their precarious standing In the voluptuous kingdom come Yet we are indefatigable Yet we will not forget October 9th,2019 "Give Me Your Best New Poem" sponsored by Emile Pinet