We Never Said Anything

we never said anything as the Goliath of good swept our heritage. 
                                                                 No! We never said anything

we never said anything as the twentieth century spirit cremate the hearts
of the good and the kind alike

                we never said anything
Keeping tight reign over our tongues we watched
                  -watched as the innocence of our children grilled by the flames of hell itself 

we never said anything 
     we tried but before we could utter the pleasure of gratifying self-played us like violins and 
so we watched, silently we watched and silently we never said anything 

We watched as the loving hearts of the old and the young alike corrupted by hatred  

                       we never said anything-
                       silently we watched as the saints’ compromise truth

we never said anything as evil takes victory over good-lies over truth-immorality over justice

silently like the statue of liberty we chose to watch

Words of truth-words of God not failing us but we chose to watch-
                 watch as the pure wisdom of the old drained into endless drains

                  NO we never said anything-we watched thinking it nothing more than just swag;-style
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Eastman Avatar
June 7, 2014 at 11:27 AM
Love the way it built and the way it flowed from one line to the next. Great poem!
Lamoureux Avatar
April 6, 2014 at 2:09 PM
I love the statue of liberty line. There are some great underlying messages within this piece.
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