The wounded souls that you know so well

Could be your mother your father or your spouse’s hell

In memoriam of a ship sinking ringing the maritime bell

The hallowed ground where the Unknown Soldier fell,

So many of us unsung unknown and cruelly forgotten

Irreverent families who are actually ill-gotten

Seems I can’t remember how I was begotten

Perhaps I’m simply a self-aware illusion then,

A spirit doomed to roam invisible but not to the living

The tragedy of the unforgiving

Wounded from the very beginning

Please excuse me for all of your misgivings,

In a dream somewhere I remembered your face

You were an indentured servant of the human race

You tried so hard but you just couldn’t keep pace

A riot on the streets they’re throwing cans of mace,

Love has become the elusive task

That mysterious stranger that wears a mask

You can get plenty of lies all you have to do is ask

On the surface of the lake the alligator gars bask,

In case you wondered it’s the year of the rat

Satan is at large where Congress once sat

All pretense of honesty thrown to the mat

Oh what a legacy that we have begat,

From Georgia, Crimea, Chechnya, and Ukraine

Spoils of war by Magog no matter all the pain

Making nuclear threats so insane

A world in chaos noble endeavors seem in vain.