A single error in judgment,
A glimpse of time that follows us,
Generation to Generation.
This clouds our DNA, forcing legacies,
Against fathers and sons,
Brother against brother.
Decisions made,
Apologizes ignored,
Forgiveness asks, and answers become silent.
Those decisions are unforgivable.
God's law, but is it man's law?
Many do not understand,
Others don't care.
Families are broken,
Never to be repaired,
Abels murder,
Cains regret, and,
A debt we can never forget.
First we Cain 'em
~ That dis-Abels 'em
Symbolic poetry communicating your vision.
Also, a crowd, standing and shuddering.
The world is as yet miserable; who solaces?
Demise resembles water, then again.
In their streams, what occurs.
Abels relatives are the people.
Cains children murder us for their seats.
War and affliction are rising.
We don't absorb what the significance is.
The showdown is expanding.
We don't have the foggiest idea of what it infers.
At present, burn-through us.
Who tipsy the messy bread?
What else, who laments the misfortune?
Written: August 10, 2021
A Brian Strand 1 to 14 line Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
I am...
P oliteness overdone;
O ffense over everything and everyone;
L iberation---in a box.
I am
I nversely orthodox.
I am...
T ruth (as defined by me);
I ntolerance of those who dare to disagree;
C ritical but not constructive.
I am
A bstract and unproductive.
I am...
L ogic in a loop;
L abels to create a thousand factious groups;
Y outhful idealism exploited.
I am
C onceited and anointed.
I am...
O bfuscation to beguile;
R emorseless as the tears of a crocodile;
R estriction of dissenting voices.
I am the
E rosion of your rights and choices.
I am...
C ontrol---for utopian bliss;
I am
T yranny's vampire kiss.
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