calling to arms they who must not be still
were lost in any case
for at such times men were in want
and the women silent of will
for they all chose carefully not to dream
but instead sacrifice the wisdom for temporal things
and as pleasure grew and the cry sounded high
the silence spread like cancer
and each man in his heart knew
that the only change to come in time
would be the leap from complacent to docile
Published by Rain Farm Press and its literary journal Paradigm.
Copyright © 2007.
