HINDER

Syncopated sorrows
searing through used flesh
Pain crystals beat point-blank
aiming toward frayed chest

Why wicked, this showy
when it comes to feed
And hidden in deepest
preternatural need

Requisite breeds soldiers
and its army thrives
Military bases
cold trembling hives

Slow salute forced combat
trudging forward fight
Solemn cry faintly heard
war-racked silent night

Sun hinders the darkness
creep away the beast
Retreat back to the light
anxious achy feast

Gnash away gnarly teeth
fleeting safety met
Deceiving asylum
child eyes not earned yet

Inevitable join
this eve or afar
Heal in sunlit hallows
wear the scars that mar

11/16/10