Friday 23 August 2019

Call for Grace



How deftly
Wielded

With 
Surgical precision
Penetrating
Betrayal
Was
Exacted

Each 
&
Every time

The
Psyche-based
Homeland
Security
System
Was called
Into 
Action

Cleaving
My 
Own Heart
With each
Misguided
Swing

Ancient
Reptilian defences 
Battled hardened
And indiscriminate 
Activated
Again & again
Churning out
Collateral damage
Oblivious 
The war
Is over

No one
Sees
The pain
That generates
Such fury

Though 
The carnage
Is 
Unmistakeable

Whether
Worthy 
Of Grace
or
Not

Never
Would
It find
A more
Suitable
Recipient

R. O'Neill (August 22, 2019)

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