Inklings

The vagabonds of lesser intention 
It’s a grave mistake to not mention
When you are asked something which you later may rely on in court
I saw him take that girl by force
And the weather crashed in
I could see it was him
Who managed to etch on stone
That he alone could take her home
To the cave where Brahman resides
I watch him move in leather hides
As he seeks to own
That which his labour has grown
And he knows what he is
Or at least he knows what it takes to live
In this stalemate you have grown for yourself
I watch him rely on mental health
To excuse a crime
And one of the victims was mine
As she cobbled together a stitch, then a leaf
To fake some measure of belief
In the god that denies
The existence of lies
As it assuages the fears of the masses
They hand us copybooks in classes
So we can write
And they teach us to question the right
Of the divine law to exist
But, wait, was there something I missed
In the indefatigable storm
Was I cold or just getting warm
As I struck close to the bone
Watching you all alone
As you flailed and shattered all you could grasp
I watched because your power couldn’t last
And it gradually faded, ebbed below the sea
Like the sun on a horizon of grey mystery
She scolds the child
This is what you get for growing up wild
But I cannot agree
If I hadn’t have died I wouldn’t be me

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