Unexpected Hero(ine)

When do people notice?

When do they stop?

When do they finally see…..

pain

agony

black death

spreading across lands

decimating

not only the small

the weak

even those with the mightiest roars…..

silenced.

Sonnets of love

written with the prose of politics

serenading maidens false

doweries

impossible to keep

promised…..

in return

sell away her maidenhead

highest buyer wins.

Debase

degrade

demean

truth

honesty

justice

punch lines in a joke

the world does not yet get.

Flacid

immune

passive

society bows.

Who will rise up?

Who will take lead?

Who will prove their worth

knocking down those

who play at being almighty?

Save the lost maiden

blinded

restoring virtue

value

purity

mayhap all is not lost?

In the forest

none can see

for looking at the trees

came a hero

(heroine)

unexpected

unreceived.

 

©June 20/19

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