trust

 trust

where is trust when you need it 

when every institution is seen as corrupt

where self-serving is the only touchstone 

felons to the left of me

felons to the right 

here i am stuck in the middle overdue

a time when time is running out 

when all the problems that can be are

when a way through is impenetrable 

just one candle please

however fickle that flicker is

just something to light our way

there are wars of blood 

wars of ideology

me

it’s always me

never us these days

who will show the way

who will yield the whip

to tame the wild horses

to gainsay apocalypse 

when truancy of will

ptosis of eyes

long red of the desert’s dust

the desecration of everything

that anyone can see

is blind to the blandishments

of the lost causes and of hope

we need the light of trust 

that firebrand to blow the cavalcade 

to banish everything bad

oh yes there is such a light 

as will dazzle all beneath

this is one such time

and time is what we do not have

to fuel the wick in the lamp of redemption 

perhaps this is indeed the end of times

if so we still need that singular voice

to say follow me

into the valley of death

the river’s charger goes

high horses are mown

follow me

is all there is

and it had better shine bright 

my friends