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Dark Victories |
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Redstart Senior Member
since 2014-05-16
Posts 535 |
As fawning ravens fan the frenzied fiends They lend their eyes to all within their gaze The righteous quelled beneath satanic winds Yet one-eyed jackals howl for darker days Crushed to dust the good, and crushed the humble Injustice strewn in rubbled-city streets The trident thrust in reason's, failing life-pulse Coldly silenced, as it raised its whispered beat Volcanic muds of madness simmer on Spewing out their putrid stench of hate The godbrood is the Mammon of the hour They're crucifying angels at Hell's gate Children carried, death-limp, from their dust tombs The burning take their choiceless flight to death And wrong be right, for righteousness be theirs Ventriloquistic devils feign god-breath Now look around, as blood profusely flows Where fashion shows of evil mock the free Trampled underfoot, a shepherd's clothing Yet demons stroll with smug impunity Soul-destroying, viral sleight of hand Voraciously devours last scraps of hope And when man climbs the final scaffold He'll know that his own hand has placed the rope |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Loved the last line, as I imagine most everyone will, Redstart. Yes, I'm afraid you have told a prophetic tale, what you have described is taking place even now. an the world shake off the macabre evil which is creeping into every pore of the nations of the world? I fear not, for there is no "fight" left to the "enlightened" one, only capitulation. ~*~ Tell the truth, but tell it slant.--Emily Dickimsom ~*~ |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Nice write. Enjoyed the read and thoughts. JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
You tell the horrors of this life with such clarity,it causes the heart to cringe.A sad tale but with harsh truth embedded.Thank you for causing some eyes and hearts to open wider. best to you, jo |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Great last stanza, sums all up the dark imagery well. Michael |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Me too, last stanza in particular . . . good read, my friend...and more true than I'd like. j. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Yes indeed. Ida |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
you write Apocalypse and fire well... ~*~write on~*~ |
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