never a pause

by Roberto Lavidez

there is

a rising tide

all over

the world

wherein the

common man

who is about

to be swept

with the

debris

of history

still aspires

to higher and

wider horizons

cultivating

values

of moral

rectitude

and spiritual

sensitivity

in response

to claims

of conscience

and terrible

trial by fire

from under

a dark cloud

such is the

wretched

condition

of man

obliged

to seek

consolation

for nature’s

evils

in society and

consolation for

society’s

evils

in nature

it seems that

man is corrupted

more by reason

than by passion

associated with

the clash of

righteous steel

that would

thicken

the blood

and callous

the hands

conceding the

inevitable flaws

that accompany

even the best

of intentions

there is never

a pause

cultivating

an obsession

with authority

in the

human race

undermining

the culture of

sympathy

solidarity and

the gentle

elements of

the maternal

struggle for

the lives

of others

where

powers

that be

resort to

violence

against the

weak and

defenseless

striking the

delicate man

with the

lightning bolt

of law

justice and

civility

hailing

the birth of a

postmodern

world

reconstructed

by doctrinal

systems

and inoculated

by terror and

repression

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