. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Libertas

Monday, November 4, 2024

Libertas


 Libertas


(A lone voice whispers)


Some say to be free

And avoid being played 


By anyone or anything 


Consumed and discarded like a cheap bottle of lemonade 


By the charge of those drinking warm bottles of Kool-Aid 


From their brown bag of tricks 


You have to open your eyes real wide to see


To try to see what they plan and say in the shade


To see what they really know and places they go


To hear the true sounds of the bells they ring


And in that moment 

As you watch with bright eyes aglow


To hear what songs they sing

As their record plays 


You will know where their loyalties lay


And know

If you're being played or betrayed 


By those dark souls

Who hide 


Like members of The Lost Crusade 


Amongst the dark shadows of humanities deadly nightshade 


Called politics 


(C)

Copyright John Duffy


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