cult leader

cult leader, enigmatic

turner of tricks, licking whiskey

off my wrist, pragmatic beatnik,
hypocritical pastor, i’ll drink
what you drink, i’ll think
what you think, wear velvet
and smoke parliaments,
whatever you need, i’ll give,
because you fill a void i can't
get rid of, i can’t do it, just
do it, i’m too numb for this,
hurry and get your fix,
can’t feel a thing, but i
see the wound, i touch it
in the light, i’m doomed
like a man, i love you like a god,
mother’s blood when you cut

open my skin, all i can believe in,
cult leader, father’s daughter
in your hands, lamb’s slaughter

Author's Note

just a little thing i wrote quickly, i'll think more on it later. maybe

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Chilling, this one. Made me think of the base of Mr. Trump or the followers of the Rev. Jim Jones.

[Tom]

Interesting thoughts in fine, flowing poetic prose, yes indeed so, manipulation, false promises, just a few of the traits a megalomaniac, a pathological egotist, a maniacal dictator will employ to secure control and obeyance, worship from his/her gulible followers, think Hitler, Charles Manson, just two past proflic examples though they can and do sprout from every culture and civilization past and present ...

[jaye river]

thank you for your review, tom! and indeed...its scary to think about how people like that can so easily come into power

[Mauricio Montoya]

when I was a kid Jim Jones came in to my life but I thought of him a fool not to see one day it would change my life, I could not believe that many would die at his hands how could many allow him to hold a grip we wonder if god exist to evil to win because we are the few. hopefully your write will open our eyes to what we face. thank you for sharing

[jacob erin-cilberto]

hero worship can mask a lot of evil...she follows blindly with such love...
she won't get it until she is dead.
I happen to know of several pastors who don't practice what they preach when at home.
I think this is quite good...the poems that almost write themselves are often the best we produce.
j.

[jaye river]

putting someone on such high a pedestal never ends well. we already excuse people's flaws and bad behaviour quite enough as it is. thank you for your thoughts jacob