Untitled Part 1
i am the salt of the earth and the ocean
i am the light that shines from within
the inner cries behind facial emotions
the darkness that is covered in skin
i comprehend the appearance of freedom
though i am chained to this earth
i accept the mistakes of edom
and understand my own worth
i am a man in need of compassion
just like any who filled his challice
but my love runs thin like rations
and ive thrown virtue over the ballast
my eyes swing low in the presence of a smile
and ears ring numb to a laugh
i havent the endurance to run deceptions mile
nor the energy to last
the light goes into submission
and the darkness smothers the land
evil comes out of submission
and begins to reach out its hand
it comforts carress and consoles
it puts the mind and body at ease
then it takes over in total control
and kills like a malignant desease
it works its way thought the canvas of life
and disfigures the art that has been laid
like the reavers who waunder the night
they destroy everything made
watchers.... they gaze with envy
as the fallen plunder the earth
the hearts of many become empty
as the battle begins for the turf
they possesse and dismember ...
the body of the humankind
they erase what we remember
over the ages of time
they manipulate truth....
by the twist of a word and the tongue
and all that was ever accomplished
was demolished before it it ever begun
but time is a constant and never ceases to flow
what we forget in time only time again can bestow
Copyright © John Castro | Year Posted 2012
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