Under October's Desolate Skies

 

Even the stars seem downcast 

As they observe, the Hell, 

We're experiencing here 

On planet Earth,

Under dark shadows

The wild winds blow,

Batter bruise and tear

Slice through fragile pleas,

Stom clouds intensify

fill shattered lands with mire,

While the weight of the world 

Pushes weary hearts apart,

Fractured echoes lingering

Seeping deeply into cracks, 

Where light can't find

Blurring all pleading cries,

Between thought and time

The waters of life no longer clear,

Western democracy spawning hypocrisy

Warmongers supporting crminality,

Evil powers of psychopathy

Spreading death and insanity,

Keep rainng bombs of destruction

On lands of Gaza and Lebanon. 

We fumble for illumination

That keeps slipping out of reach,

Weeping stars bathe the darkness

Blooming with wickedness, 

Blinkered by the past 

Sired by the present,

Among autumnal blues

Terrifying genocidal season,

Humanity desperately searching

Reaching for clearer reason,

Peacefulness hidden in thickets

To heal the deepest of wounds,

Carry us safely from troubling hues

Enabling each burden to gently fall,

Portals of love's pure passionate fire

Helping us flee the margins of brokeness.