A LEADING MAN

                                                                    

the lonely plight  

of a dissident man

a single lucent light Fueled bright in the night

flowing with pontification and foresight

a crowd it incites

this mass devoted to their leaders spite

the light of one

the spark of another

forming the glow

of a stagnant umbra

this path of no resistance

is the wicked path at our insistence

it Juggles through the past

navigates the lost

untwists the fray

it is the sound that will not settle

a growl of medal

a clink and a rattle

the sound of chain

that engraves a pain

a gun on your temple with a pulled trigger

the blood in you ears that is fear simple fear

a stab and a twist of a knife named redemption

the next stick leads to your suffocation

and now you understand how easily we shatter

our disappearance so final a matter

gods spell is knocking

loyal, dead and forgiving

the answer is a doorbell

unfeigned by heaven or hell

we abide times insight

waiting for a green light

a moment of enchantment

one final choice to exit

the one last chance

and were destined for happenstance  

as the rattlesnake stance

warns and demands  

ruling their charmer

into an alliance

the masses expand

for the malice at hand

arousing a jump in the fire

as the mob grows vulgar

alarming numbers

fall in shoulder to shoulder

follow the flock

a parade in sync

The fall of one

The march of another

Until we no longer struggle

Terry D’ArcyRyan

Author's Note

The human condition. I wrote this after watching the news. I rarely watch TV let alone the news. When I want to remember the world is in trouble I can take a walk just outside to the nearest corner and view the downfall of western civilization. If you are still reading this thank you and God Bless

Reviews

[ROXANE DORSEY]

THANKS FOR YOUR WRITING. I FEEL WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM. I LIVE IN BALTIMORE, MD. I LIVED THROUGH IT HERE ON CITY STREETS. I STOP FEELING THE WAY SOCIETY WANT THE LESS FORTUNATE TO FEEL. UNAPPRECIATED AND BLACK,POOR AND REAL TROUBLED!

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Roxanne, you are right there are places in the world that are not a priority to fix or improve and this astounds me. May a new day approach where there is not such a great divide in world and people do not have to be a product of their surroundings. Thank you for taking the time to read and leaving such a great review. God Bless

Sheer Terror

[danielle.]

It is easy to keep the rose coloured glasses on, a survival mechanism perhaps? To avoid being swallowed by the darkness. A privelidge too.
Your vocabulary is impressive & I love, as always your abstract descriptions. I wonder about the mid verse words with capital letters, is this on purpose or are they typos?

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Ellemorell, I got lost in this one for a moment and then editing again and again thats where the typos
sometimes stem. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and leaving a Great review.

Sheer Terror

[Mr.Writer]

You've turned a piece of the news into something engaging while giving out the facts and have hooked the readers!!
Well done, keep it up :)

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Mr. Writer, I am pleased you found this to be engaging it is a complicated concept and difficult to write about. Thank you for your strong words.

Sheer Terror

[Mr.Writer]

No problem Sheer :))

[Pete]

so troubling and unsettling. very disturbing to say the least. brilliantly captures the dark, sinister, brainwashed forces at work. powerful pics. your wording and imagery is amazing. effective & excellent as usual. top notch write.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Pete, this piece was more labor than I care to admit. I is a very hard concept to sum up with such few words. A cookie cutter vision and the circumstances we demand will kill us in the end.
As always thank you for reading and the most excellent review.

Sheer Terror

[wordman]

the world is in turmoil,we are looking at the demise of man

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSheerTerror]

Wordman, thank you for the much appreciated review.

Sheer Terror

[wordman]

my pleasure