Careful
Obliquity
Needs
Temptful
Edacity,
Marring
Perfect
Tears
I­n
Brave,
Lively
Eirenics

Inner
Night
Signals
Injury
Gaining
Nerve
Inside
Fictitious
Imagin­ings
Coming
Almost
Near
Tommorow

With
Out
Righteousness
The
Harmless
Lore
Exasperates
Singular
Sor­rows

... An unknown crime towards those, the same
yet none would ever know his name
But once they might have called him brother
so soon he goes to end another

A life, a faith, so pure of heart
was poisoned, dearly, from the start
So truth, it seems, one cannot trust
when those most close hold secret lust

He bade them well, those wives and sons
now soiled, dark, the world soon shuns
He smiled, pleased on death’s behalf
and let go one deep, cold laugh

...Then light gives way to shadow ‘neath
and wind doth surge through cold cliff’s teeth
The ship finds doom among those rocks
just as a city o’er come with pox.

How the ****** cry, a riotous swell
without anger, fury, none will tell
The story dies as the pinnace snaps
another secret lost in gaps

‘The skiffs!’ they screamed a’running quick
but salvation dashed, the tides too thick
Each man, a child, cannot swim
their bodies thrown, the ocean’s whim

No remnants left upon the shore
the men aboard were seen no more
Wives and sons a’wept and wept
the sea forever in contempt...

I have this tiny box
I think
Where I must keep my 'feel'
For I don't 'feel' as clearly
In ways that others see as 'real'

While I have my code of
yes no wrong
I do not think I know
What makes me happy
Mad
Or jealous
Or what makes me feel great woe

Yet knowing of this box
In me
Does bring some subtle comfort
My life
It seems
Is worth more than little effort

Sugar-coated sovereignty
This leadership of ours
I look at times
so long before
And look at how they fought
Freedom they screamed and
Freedom they cried
Freedom they called in
Rebellion and right
Ordered war on injustice
and royalty
and wrong
Gave up homes
and protection
and family

They gave up their lives

For this

And what do I see?

I see 'freedom' lounging in luxury
Within walls of safety
and secrets
and lies
I see sheep chasing promises of those,
Leaving freedom to those,
That
No
One
Likes
I see wars on ideas
and words
and thoughts

Where is our freedom now?
Our freedom of speech
Our freedom of thought
Where is the honesty
That brought us thus far?

I do not see
The effort that freedom deserves
I do not see
The honor those before us earned

They gave up their lives

For this Sugar-Coated Sovereignty