Notes About The Poem
The first in a trilogy I put together; Words, Mean and Nothing.

Words

A helmsman, steering his ship 
Chasing the glorious light of day
Success and justice wreathed 
In the yellow-orange flames of morning

He wakes to the same dream
Every day spent steering 
His ship of passengers
"My life is spent in dedicated service
To the people of my country."

Cloaked in words, 
Words shrouded in fabrication, 
His shark smile covers truth
With the perception of untruth

Swathed in midnight suits, 
His words echo far and wide
With all the inky blackness of a starless
Night; as cool as the fog of dusk
He steers the nation under darkness
Using words hollow as his ship's hull
To guide us towards
The sunrise in his eyes
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Mcintosh Avatar
February 12, 2021 at 10:01 AM
Thought provoking poem... contemplative. Happy writing and God bless you with love and prayers, Gina
Pandit Avatar
October 26, 2018 at 5:54 AM
He is a selfish leader..portrait well painted.
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