Where Fear Lies Forgotten

From a Poem of Philosophy to a Prayer of Preservation

Where fear lies forgotten

Where conscience is unknown

Where freedom stands unhindered

Where all bravado is shown

There, standing tall on his mountain

Man waves his banner high

His words flowing in fountain

His ideas echoing undenied

His claims go unchallenged

His manifesto reaching every ear

His reason accepted with rejoicing

And his wisdom is held dear

He preaches as a minister

One proclaiming truths as God

And here the people believed him

For none knew suffering by Jesse's rod

For fear lies forgotten

And the people do not know

They were reared as obedient sheep

In a land of whitest snow

But, in the course of man

And the evolution of the mind

There is always one who questions

And seeks to give sight to eyes blind

The man knows the snow to be a farce

He wonders at its illusion

And looking at the fearless man

He finds the people's delusion

But, what power has he

To counter this man of great voice

Where the people stand ready

To cut down free choice

A sheep will follow the shepherd

Ignorant of his intentions

And walk by his staff

Into his world of deception

They believe what they are told

And act as they are commanded

But like the questioning man

Several seek this state disbanded

For fear lies forgotten

And the man enforces his will

Yet failure was inevitable

For knowledge is desired still

The subjugation of a people

Is impossible without force, without fear

Man's spirit must be removed

And their minds turned to gears

Gears which are wound by the hand of some master

One who has seized the opportunity of days past

Where the world fell to unmentionable destruction

And what made men great was into the fire cast

The industry of control

A mechanism of sound deceit

To chill bones cold

They beg for immediate relief

A need is seen rising

So high above the smog

Desperation clamors, imbibing

Vicious manners of famished dogs

A flame culls the herd

And their spirits cower quick

They beckon for a savior

To heal bodies so sick

Opportunity rings loudly

In the ears of one man

An innovator stands proudly

To free these wicked lands

But what freedom is this?

When their fear is sent flying

Down deep into the pits

Where demons live hiding

As this man walks

Waving his standard high

Rallying with haughty talk

All people to his side

The beasts are cast down

Oppressors made dead, made slaves

A new king bears the crown

Fear is forgotten in waves

But no paradise be this

A world without evils many

One above wields wicked wits

Power is amassed in plenty

For fear was forgotten

In in the desperation for light

When one man came calling

To change the course of the plight

The devil never left

A new form he only took

Man had forgotten fear

And his sinister look

"Relish now, dear children

Live in total ecstasy

Gone are days of discipline

Tradition is all but history"

Piety dies derelict

Apostacy rides rampant

The streets are soaked in sin

Freedmen serve enchantment

God casts his face down

Upon this brave new world

His heart is grieved sorely

The tendrils of corruption are unfurled

Where be holy people?

Those who see through the dark

Hoping for a new age

And He who will set the spark

Can they clear the fog?

Ignore the Prince's poison?

Do they run for the hills

When the sword is upon them?

A prayer I raise up

A prayer to God on high

May he here my propitiation

As sin in secret multiplies

Do not let me go 

Down into the deep

Of unknown horrors

Where demons pretend to sleep

Do not let these wicked torrents

Cast my soul about

Steady my feet against evil

So that I may hold out

Where fear lies forgotten

The master descends in clouds

With fire and brimstone ready

Bringing low men so proud

In those final days

May my words, my actions be used

To lift the fog of death

From hearts with hate suffused

To the end may we endure

As servants to the only king

As saints, not apostates

For his praises we do sing

Glory be to the Father

A blessing be to the Son

Thanks be to the Spirit

Almighty, Three in One

Amen