Broken and Ready to Be Saved

by FireFly - Libra

You want it-
With the scales or you’re back-
The glowing cross on the stain glass window-
With scales on you’re back-
If the sky cracks-
The glorious hand will pick you up-
From all this mess-

It’s that tongue that slithers-
In out of the words-
With the carcass of its former owner-
Held by broken images 
On broken hinges-
The way of its meaning-
To and fro-
Under broken-
Spoken words-

-In uncontested, printed sound bytes-

Whether it….the star and crescent moon-
Whether it….the crucifix-
Whether it….the chosen ones-
Organized to be the political weapon-
Vying for the biggest chunk-
In God’s aching country?-

-Decided,-
-And transmuted thru contact lenses-
-By the few-

To climb the highest mountains-
To kiss the purist sky-

Planting our apple tree-
For more of our offspring-
With out ever offering-
The lessons learned-
Climbing-
Up there-

-The apples eaten-
-Decided-

-The trees chopped down-
-By the few-

Echoing-
Man’s perpetual and eventual despair-

Judge, jury, executioner-

All to be saved?-









 

Birth sign: Libra
Date created: 2002-09-22 00:02:26
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:38
Poem ID: 70126

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