What’s it feel like
when you know the
wave is coming and
all the gains you have
made and all the decades
pushing against the deadly tide
of conscious bigotry and
hate will be turned over and
crushed in the surge by
those who know nothing
but their narrow world where
‘everything is as it’s supposed to be’?

The surge is on the horizon
and to where do you flee
when even the mountains of
hope seem a long way off
and there is no Ark?

The lies have brought it to this
point and the gullible have taken
the tasty bait and swallowed fear
as the smiling hunter waits with gun in
hand, riding on the wave with fist raised
and hand on heart towards his awful day.

 

16/11/2024