DM Babbit Poet Rhyme

Shadow Clouds

Now
  Come the shadow clouds
  where and whence evil rises bold and loud
  once buried, hidden wide opened shrouds.
Warm, soft, calm breezes slip away
  in between the morning hours when we prayed
  deep in the cast of shadowy grays
  preparations for warring factors are made.
It has become a hate-filled time
  where loudest voices revile in the climb
  lost to compassion, to empathy
  that once thrived in the land of the free.
Now, 
  a heartless spirit scrambles forth
  hidden hatred in a price brought
  innocence pushed aside and lost.
Who we once were
  grows more angry, deceitful, and disturbed
  divisive rhetoric in every word
  out on display for the world to be heard.
How soon before the sword and gun are drawn
  How soon will come that fateful morn
  that creeps and hides within every pawn
  sacrificed and filleted in dull yawns
Now
  come the shadow clouds
  no one dares speak of it out loud.

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Quoth Theraven May 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM DM, Wondeful messsage, but with a warning. This I understand 'where loudest voices revile in the climb lost to compassion, to empathy // once thrived in the land of the free'. Wish you well. -Richard