ZEALOTS OF GOSPEL AND TALE
The enemy embracing,
ethics defacing,
zealots of gospel and tale,
defer to donors
by obeying their owners,
indicting reformers if they fail
Brokers lull fools
as sharply played tools,
decrying fields to spark bias,
so tyrants tout grifts
as empathy drifts
down a narrow trust in messiahs
Ignorance is stubborn
like an egotistical husband,
vacant of sanity and aid,
these petulant children
mint perfect as villains,
quick to condemn and invade
Shaping gaps in a charter
as safeguards are bartered
shred what so many have built,
vandals conceal
what their cartel can steal,
swapping stakes by this tilt
Sadistic alarmists
harvest like farmers,
plowing to bury their rival,
but the rebellious affected
defy disconnection
in strokes that echo survival
The brave who still wrestle
as guardians of vessels,
withstand among fences placed,
no ratio of controls
upholds noble goals,
in clashes for dignity and grace
Paper lions will fold
in a bend to behold,
ousted by who they suppressed,
coalitions rebuild
what’s pillaged then distilled,
imploring sponsors to invest
It is what it seems,
filling history’s reams,
of frenzy incited by pressure,
the idealists may resist
hoping principles persist,
in eras each generation weathers