For Shame and Honor

Dead men all naked 

Lying sleepily 

Like statues in the dark

Carved from craven stone 

No life breathed well 

Into their bones 

And turning with might 

Into motion and life 

No man No more 

Shall e’er inherit the earth 

So long as convinced men stay 

Of death’s dominion

Yet hope burns through

Like a feeble flame 

Precariously lit in wind and rain

For those whose hearts beat with blood 

For those who’s burning and raging 

Cursing and biting anger 

Leads them to toil in faith 

Good faith 

That they work not alone 

That more and more 

Shall men awaken 

To find their bindings oppressive 

To begin at pulling and tearing

Breaking of their bones and spilling of their blood 

To break free until again free

They shall be 

When the light of man 

Glows bright in night 

And the shadows long stretch

Until in glorious light they flee

And all those lying naked 

Shall be revived in shame 

That they left their sons to the teeth of hell 

While in weakness they chose their sleep

Author's Note

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