Ever Yearning

Rules are to be broken Laws disobeyed Total freedom Rejection of all but the self On a high pedestal Anarchy supplanted by dictatorial Magical oratory bedazzles Drowned out by horrific percussion All so futile. Deadly, bloody Each has followers Spurn the rational The compromise, the balance Stirred by body chemicals Like rubber bands Stretch from one extreme to another Unseen turmoil Deadly storm on the horizon Nature omnipotent Kneel, bow down, and prostrate yourself We are but grains of sand Washed, tossed, sunburned All so transitory Some live more than once Our shadow blinks and disappears Into ashes from the mold of birth Ever yearning