What holds us together
has been torn, the unity
of a people split apart.
Both poles have lost
their grip and rupture
into division.
Categories now proliferate
and place each soul
into a labeled box governed
by the ideologue.
Word by word, language
has been commandeered by fear
and threatened with shame.
Good words are put on trial,
stripped of meaning and sentenced
to silence. They sleep in old books
sought out by the apparatchiks
for removal or to be replaced
by neutered covers.
Soon Macbeth will be lobotomized
to reduce the risk of upset.
The grand order has gone mad.
Long lines of citizenry queue
for entry into asylums
now spreading
like shopping malls.
Others won't leave home
and ossify in the safety
of their shuttered rooms.
Meanwhile, to the chants
of a sterilized song,
children skip towards
glittering castles hanging
precariously in thin air,
proud parents happily
clapping them along.
Categories:
ossify, identity, political, society,
Form: Free verse
My brothers and sisters the time has come
Let’s look in our hearts and live as one
We must learn to adapt and overcome
Our time on here on earth will soon be done
Let’s learn from our past and forge ahead
We are all responsible in how we make our bed
It starts at home with rearing our young
As you climb that ladder don’t miss a rung
We’re in a fix as you can see
The worlds in chaos don’t let it be
Step up to the plate and take a swing
You’ll be surprised at what you bring
It’s up to us, our future holds
Our actions now are not foretold
Start with love and testify
Together we’ll grow and not ossify
Categories:
ossify, future,
Form: Rhyme
It seems it’s the end of that uproarious tale.
That rosy-coloured story could finally fade.
I’ve been glowing in light and now weary in shade.
These subliminal ideas is what your absence breeds.
I was your everything and now you’re not even taking a heed.
Baffled I am! How could you ossify my tenderness by your deeds?
You’ve curtailed affection and planted distrust’s seed.
O you remember, I was the one you badly need.
Now, I bid you the last farewell, and go as fast as a steed.
Blood from my heart had fled; I am a living dead indeed.
I will drown my ship veering to the dangerous offshore reef.
Let me slay that tender heart that caused so much pain.
Alas, my doting paramour, my heart won’t palpitate in vain.
These bloodless wars and sunken hearts would no longer sustain.
I‘d no longer take part in this unaccustomed play that made me bovine.
If you find another love, just go away and end this dread.
That acutely abiding love didn’t last as you vowed out
This whist is to be ended. I bow out.
I was dauntless, but I am no longer stout.
I waived you all my inviolable rights, but you violated them out.
Categories:
ossify, absence, , cute,
Form: Verse