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
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