O spurious clouds on high

do not attempt to deceive me

by blocking out the sun’s light as I

seek a path out of the darkness.

The barriers are many and my

will is weakened by the

 shallowness of a world

 that has lost its way.

The depths of my despair

are like a cavernous abyss

that would devour me

should I remain in this place.

To journey to the light

is my only hope of salvation

least I perish in this land that

 has gone mad before my eyes.

The beauty that would be

is shrouded in a glaucous mist    

of inhumanity and uncaring

that thickens by the hour.

Must I dwell in this satanic realm

and act as witness to horrific

acts by those that call themselves

humans while acting as beasts?

It would seem that the reptilian part

 of man’s brain remains dominant

as he murders and rapes simply

for his own personal edification.

Has the munificentcy of mankind

vanished entirely as struggles for supremacy

  in every aspect of life cannibalize

 the minds of once reasonable men?

As natant birds that hunker in their

 nests to escape the storm

I feel that I have been cast adrift in a

 sea of madness from which there is no escape.

The light grows dimmer as I wrap the watery blanket

around me and disappear beneath its surface with the

 hope that it will provide my passage back to the light.

And the once ominous clouds disappear from view.

©Copyright Charlie Gragg Oct. 29, 2009