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 © Patrick Nigros | Year Posted 2014
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