We cry for the dead
while abusing the living
we pray to the Heavens
while we live unforgiving.
Bewildered and battered
we march as lame lambs
while charlatan shepherds
mistreat us and maim.
A twisted world
of dead that are living
in a life without luster
lost with misgivings.
In a world full of turmoil
upheaval and chaos
we wail for the dead
while we rot in a madhouse.
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©Yakira Shimoni Fulks
April 21, 2021 | OC California
See Up There | Everybody knows – Leonard Cohen
