who to aspire to be first before second,
what to make good of the more than unpleasant,
when to begin to defend the unborn,
where to unsettle a seed among thorn,
why be concerned with the wake of modernity?
how does ignoring it help the infirmity?
envy the foster of peaceful community,
uncharted by sound or by smell of impunity,
tithe left unbonded or fellowship broken
or syncopic servant who bury the token.
anchor what will or what won’t with endeavor.
ask and receive and rescind human nature.
but let not the bout with damnation be dormant
or doormat embellished by deficit torment.
the angst of the eye lodge a palpable plank,
once a flagship turned ferry where mutiny sank,
either scrap or from scuttle or piracy density
or brigand who brandish unwieldy propensity.
the last place to live or from home to call earth
or from earth to call home or upon which to berth
ought fan the cold fire of philanthropic strain,
ought kindle concern for the orphanage game,
ought winnow the widower’s will to survive,
vie volunteerism and keep hope alive;
remember to visit the man still in prison
who wonders today if the sun has yet risen;
remember the war zone, whose child needs a drink,
who forges a bomb from a dry kitchen sink.
“Live and let die and sew pent up posterity,”
begs indigenous pride or corrigible clarity.
instead, keep a safe place for faint of the heart.
the swiftness of careful of speech set apart.
instruct thereunto for a place left to ponder.
secure from tempestuous tide or from squander.
tighten the hoist on the citadel beacon.
heighten the timbre that tally a season,
a trumpet, a bugle, a torch or a runner.
send any intensive smoke signal asunder.
a day will soon break, intercede and deliver
when a lion who roams about hither and thither
will be suffered no more upon earth to devour,
will impact the blunt end of a separate power.
the people stand down and stand by on that way
with all kind of cloak and palm frond on display
for Him who ride over, a foal for a steed,
Who dismount and demand, “Bring the children to Me.”
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