Messengers of Rage
You hear them everywhere,
spewing their venomous words of hate
And if you're like me,
a lover of peace
Then I implore you, do not take the bait
You see them ubiquitously,
their angry images on electromagnetic waves
And if you're akin to me,
a lover of tranquility
I beg of you, don't succumb to their beastly raves
They're always just a touch away ---
from your laptop, cell phone or tablet
Sending subliminal toxic rhetoric,
spread by way of the digital alphabet
Their violent words are as contagious
as the most virulent Ebola strain
Don't let them seep into your heart,
don't let them circulate to your brain
It's a nasty virus packed full
of strident malevolency
Attacking the body politic
with vitriolic intensity
Your soul's not immune
from its poisonous effect
So purge, then delete
and mentally disconnect
Infection's assured if exposed too long,
a final warning issued to link disengage
Or you will fall sway to the siren song
transmitted by the messengers of rage
Copyright © Freddie Robinson Jr. | Year Posted 2016
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