Lead Us Away From (Pseudo) Righteousness

 Hidden within

The illusory omnipotence

Of a technological

Bastion

Shame & fear-filled

Warriors

Battle

For nano-second

Scraps

of

Immortality

They hack & slash

To leave

In their wake

Collateral damage

In the form

Of characters

Assassinated

Row upon row

Theirs

To hear it 

Told

Is the path

of

Righteousness

They 

Proclaim

In them

"We" have

Humanity's champions

Altruism & selfless concern

Their 

Battle cry

Their science

The Truth & the Way

(Only their science)

They will claim

To be your saviour

And crucify you

In 

The same breath

If

You dare speak

Contrary to 

Their dogmatic

Idolatry

Theirs

A selective

And perverse

Variety 

of

"Compassion"

God 

Wrap them

In the 

Mantle

of

Your

Love & Peace

How many

Must

Anguish

Suffer

&

Die

To 

Appease

The insatiable

Fear

Of 

The 

Self proclaimed 

Paragons

of

Virtue?

R. O'Neill (January 07, 2021)