Embryo (part 7)

Author: Stephen W. Cote

Have you heard -

the prayer for words

and tears falling unjustly

the cry for the meek

and the unbeliever's advice to the world

the pain of desire

of a damned soul on fire

- and a world humbled in ruins

for want of a cause

and a belief in it all

- the soldiers burned the runes

Were you told -

it had all gone to hell

and you would be left behind

it had all been sold

for face of a soul's reverie

the rain of the cloud's

fell all around

- drenching the dream's embers

the "god", soldiers and clowns

all jested around

- with everything you held dear

Why were you told that

You had been promised the world

And if you had suffered you

Would one day be healed

Why did they tell you that

You only had to close your eyes

And ears to the sins that

They had baptized over you

Why did you listen

And hear only the call of them

- that the sound would

Hopefully deafen them all?