WHAT I SAW WHERE I WAS

 

WHAT I SAW WHERE I WAS

I saw the mocked on the earth

those with invisible cap and bells

kicked and pummeled only with innuendos

with little asides and smirks

the endlessly tricked and tripped

not knowing how to react

as if in a portrait

they were only

one large tear

one large tear

the set upon by wolves

out for games in the secluded afternoons

the balmy afternoons that held such terror

and then the deluge

the mockers fleeing toward

the departing Ark

the hooting, jeering

driven to their knees

by the exigencies

and the mocked, the spit upon, the cursed

the bewildered, the pay to play

the endlessly brokenhearted

unconscious of their state

lulled into a rose petaled sleep by the angels

and heralded in Heaven

where they were loved.

mary angela douglas 14 july 2023

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