As Simple as That

Gather round my pretties 

for a tale I have to tell:

A time there was once

when murder most foul

occurred not daily 

but at times hourly

in this kingdom 

of warfare and feuds 

the long forgotten yesteryear.

Ha!

Forgotten yesteryear?

More like a reality to this day.

Feuds are larger now

scaled into wars

taking over not towns

but countries

while demigods are fashioned

by wealth

by how often their name is in print

by the amount of followers on social media

not by the quality of their honor.

Time has begun to unravel

threads are being cut

as fiefdoms crop up

starving

enslaving

all people who stand to them

abusing their rights

their children

their wives

to make them bend to knee.

Out of the darkness

the renegade will ride

a steed of iron and ice

seeking out the ones claiming glory

and making them go away.

Aug. 23/18

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash