Torches Not Swords

Oh these words fell so harshly spread amongst our beaten ears a lashing cruelly shared ....perpetuated ....flames stoked by hot air Ugly sides of bitter souls mirthfully determined to discourage grasping for sullen companions spreading the black thin and wide embracing the abyss blissfully Fear and distrust given contagious wings A vengeful hawk soaring manipulating the wind of lies then perches again on the arm of a deceitful handler Confounded masses fed from a trough a slop of negative gruel sated the willing gluttons conspire to poison naive revelers hand feeding susceptible fawns tainted grain leaving plague like damage in wake..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blessed are those souls refusing to succumb filtering and illuminating, nurturing clarity and wisdom passing torches, not swords, in which to battle blindness freeing thought through expression and uninhibited honesty curing the poison of prejudice with the light of love and humanity