Message to Self

Turn the coin, face the mirror, watch the sheer horror

distort your face when you realize you’re put in the place

where the merciless must be shown mercy.

Stand short, stay here to listen, and lend an ear

to the pain of the Pharisee who stands tall

in the temple and screams falsity of self

because his reality got put on the shelf

when the children he neglected were raped

and robbed of the innocence only he could have saved.

Turn ‘round, bend the knee, reach out the hand to these

broken folds and selfish sheep with face in the grass

and minds bent on hoarding their wool from the

shivering, naked wretches of the world.

Comments

[snewbury]

this is aweseome, powerful imagery - keep rallying us

[abnormal]

i'm thinking it's time we know just who "normal" is. nice work.