Walking the nether path in silence
As the year came and went
Alone in my own continence
Adrift in my own perception
Seeking reason in chaos
Seeking solace in the shadows of human indecision
I kept moving forward
Hoping for the moral high ground
Seeking the spark to show reason
As the wicked injustice swirls on the paths periphery
Revealing that though the truth had come
The denizens still bask in their own ignorance
Rejoiced in their own filth
Believed their own diatribe
Reveled in their own darkness
I witnessed their great sickness
I lamented their hopeless state
So lost, their own evil eluded them
As they ran to and fro aimlessly, believing themselves free
Even as the shackles tripped them and they fell
They cheered their own magnificence
Even as the darkness engulfed them
Even as their essence was destroyed
A moment at a time
A decision at a time
Their souls perished
As they cheered their own damnation
I was forced to watch their decent
And….
Their demise…
As I moved forward
Shedding tears
I couldn’t show them
And tears they couldn’t
See…

An Original Poem by H.R Beebe