Photo by James Rainsford
Submitted for "Picture Prompt Challenge" at onestoppoetry.com
Visionaries and Missionaries
The forefront fodder they spew
The stew of influential transition, change
A foregone conclusion
¡Viva la Revolución!
Humanity under gods and generals
Renaissance men of self proclaimed nobility
Ignorant to the ways and means
Instincts vanished on how “to be”
To be
Free, as the winged ones
As the albatross against the wind
Persistent
Knows it will prevail
As the tom, in seasonal transition
Amidst confusion
Struts for the correct mate
As the hawk
Respectful hunter
Appreciates the meal for its young
As the eagle
Rises and has vantage
Reaches perspective, clarity
As the owl
Wise and graceful
‘Neath the moon, passes into age
As the raven, on pine and needle
His caw
A cadaverous eulogy
But we
Lost, as the appendage ones
Most cognizant of all the living
Fear death throughout life
Stay grounded, sans perspective
Embrace apathy, tucked safely in nests
Resistant.
Stagnant.
Stale.
Stoned.
Our Revolutions, our lives
Are lies.
