No Escape

Bright lights

illuminate puddles

splashing through

running

must get away

escape the pain

the devastation

the war between

heart and mind.

Pontificate

sharp barbs

wicked hooks

sheer horror

look into the mirror

devil’s playground

war between good and evil.

Mourning tweed

monsters peer beneath

putrid breath of society

chained

mated

always disbelieved.

Blood red

river flaying the banks

slick terror

guns have found their way

onto the streets

into the hands

necessitated

martial law

trying to protect…….

There is no protection

there is no relief

our time

your time

their time

it has come…..

murderous rumble 

vile chant

war is coming

there is no escape.

©May 6/19

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