by Darlene Zagata

Created on: April 17, 2008

Long ago
they did come
to spread their wicked ways
influencing the innocent
as easily asa feather floats on air.
Manipulation and deception
were their greatest allies.
Offers of beauty held nothing
but empty promises.
The vastness of tomorrows
became the prey.
Power lies in knowledge
effectively used to rule.
With a scepter of fear
wicked ways were brought upon the land.
War, hate and injustice
spread like a plague
descended upon paradise
upon the lost virtue of innocence
once found in young flesh and hearts.
The land once beautiful, green and lush
abundant growth that flourished
amidst clear seas, beneath blue skies
now lies stained with the tears of blood
and the wicked ways of those fallen
mirror upon our own even now
their actions echo from the distant past.

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