Never thought …

And I never thought I’d know

of corruption, deceit and thievery

and yet here I am surrounded and embroiled

in the worst of them thrust on humankind.

It’s like the mindful tower I built

of all I thought was good and true

has fallen prey to despicable control

that toppled it to ground.

Of course I search amongst the rubble

for traces of the right and honourable

but all I find are dust particles

that ne’er again can be a whole.

It’s raining today and where sand now mud

that one day will bake in the sun of renewal

but those days are so very far off

that perhaps never in my lifetime.

But I’ll make my own tower again, again,

because all that I am and all I believe

can’t be destroyed by the hand of evil

so prevalent in these current times.

And so as I wait for the sun to come out

all I can do is design and refine

my blueprints of soul that allow me to know

but that block the infusion of iniquity!