I can see the lines drawn,
in your hearts,
in your heads,
in an unswerving loyalty
without any regrets,
in your views that this
is the life to defend.

The lines are drawn
with the pencil of religion,
race, coloured with a belief
in some greatness that has
long since decayed:
a vision of a world that
looked bright but was dark inside.

 

3/6/2024