Word of the Day Challenge #36 (Untitled Poem)

Living in this depraved world

daily barrages

wars

drugs

police acting judge and jury

politicians lining their pockets.

Children are starving  

just down the golden street.

Women live in fear

travel in groups

doors triple

no

quadruple locked

gun slept with

under the pillow.

How safety is felt.

Beware the false prophet

fired lies spun

dissenting loyal men

made slave to their own desires.

This is intolerance.

This is ignorance.

Not the same color?

Speak a different language?

Have different customs?

Live life differently?

Love

belief in goodness

values

morals

all fast disappearing

beneath a consumer race.

Facing fear daily.

For every sin contemplated

for every corrupt desire played out

for every child burdened

for every woman abused

for every man beaten

evil is winning

painting a picture of utopia

where all are the same.

Repentance

no longer viable…..

no longer is there a way

to check this slow descent into hell.

Nourish the demons

all shall pay

watch the world slip away.

©June 19/19

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