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Friday, August 29, 2014

The Last Shepherd

it’s so hard for me, but I really do try
to comprehend, to understand the reason why
in this world with so many wolves on the prowl
there are, still, so many fucking sheep? how
can it be possible for the impossible to be
I don’t get a portion let alone entirely
this concept of following others without questioning
what the wolves are selling before the sheep start buying
it’s so unnatural to me, but I do like prying
into many, fuck it, ANY of all the shit flying
am I the only person left, in a world that’s dying,
to question motives with so many wolves lying
laying in wait to snatch any sheep it can
there’s nothing moral about killing a baby lamb
am I the only one left who’s NOT trying to get video?
a whole flock of sheep are “taping” the attack and NO
it’s NOT GOOD their only concern is “capturing” the show
with so many people filming how come no one, even, knows
where the shepherds are, now, nobody gave a shit so
the world’s thick with bystanders without a fucking hero
I’m getting sick thinking, “how life is,” no matter where I go
am I the only one in this world, which is over-populated,
aware of how much progress we’ve lost, totally uncompensated
I know there has to be, at least, one other shepherd left
despite the wolf pack that’s calling for our death
does it matter if the shepherds became part of the flock
if they’re that scared to die they’re too soft to be a rock
it’s not for me to say what another shepherd does
even if they join the pack, who wants me dead, because
they’re as equally scared to die as those disguised like sheep
tell them they can have the flock so long as they don’t eat
if they get hungry, I am here, and I have plenty of meat
the only thing I ask is that they don’t come in one clump
since this shepherd has only one .12 gauge Mossberg pump

©August 28, 2014 – Tamara Imes-Nicholas



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