Fatherless Seed

I was created in your image.  Manifested  in pleasure and delivered in unfertile 
ground. Plummeted to a world of half truths, constitutional tyranny and fear.  In my 
grasp I reached for your mighty roots that once held the soil so firm, but never 
more.  I topple; falling lost among the darkened shrubs and dung beetles. My 
brown bark stripped away, by relentless sands, revealing white flesh of 
conquered past.    Wicked erosion institutionalizes my fruitless journey leaving 
me with only deliberate despair.  I branch out, but political correctness bounds 
me from talking to you in a way that you may understand, so I utter complete 
gibberish, sounding as of a child stumbling over its' first words.  Pity me not; for I 
will nurture many fatherless seeds with my enlightened compost.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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Agustin Avatar
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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March 10, 2016 at 1:40 AM
Carnail Adkins, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing, hope to see a new one from you again. LOVE LINDA
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July 7, 2015 at 1:05 PM
Carnail, this is a wonderful write. Enjoyed dropping by to read. Love SKAT
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