Monday, 3 September 2012

Dear deity







This is a rondeau





Thunder frightens us; it works, certainly                       
It pushes us inside, dear deity                                                           
It’s like a whiplash across the sky                                               
And the flash – an arc of petulance. But why          
Do you like to intimidate so readily?
Is it to punish us for being free?
Wasn't it you who gave us our liberty           
So that we could be good, allegedly?
Thunder frightens us                                                                       
Perhaps, like a director, you like see
Our blood – its innate theatricality
Even the innocent will bleed and die
Do you enjoy watching them as they cry? 
Do you get off on it. Really?                     
Thunder frightens us

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