Thursday, June 18, 2020

Activation




Activation,
when the blood is roiling
in the veins, thick and hot,
pulsing in vicious milliseconds
through the extremities,
electrifying every nerve
and twitching the muscles.

Set off,
buy the unkind words,
the devilish acts,
the hardened hearts,
the weak minds,
the grief of millennia
and the deep schism of double-talk.

Bursting,
in waves of fiery words,
a klaxon of shouting,
repeating the furious chants
of threadbare hearts so casually
broken again and over through time,
erupting in rageful plumes of lava.

Spilling,
from between the scarred cracks
of tired skin onto the streets, into
the fray, obliterating the status quo
on every corner of every congested
town, every packed boulevard and
overcrowded city.

Embattled,
in an obvious struggle against
apathy, obliviousness, and the
mindless ethos of unchecked
“that’s the way it is” – ness.
Fighting perceptions of alleged
nature, through tall grass.

To victory,
of all the embittered battlers of
stagnant, seething rancor.
To cheer and laud the triumphs
of humanity over dehumanization.
In arm and arm, unified, forever,
a long fought for peace, built on martyr’s graves.

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