A Growing Flame
I live in the shadow of monsters.
Monsters with nice suits, fancy cars, and smiling faces.
Monsters who don’t even pretend to lie to the races.
Monsters who forget, their blood too flows from certain places.
I live in the shadow of monsters.
A shadow with a long and wide and deep aim.
A shadow manipulating the past and an untold future to claim.
A shadow that forgets it has no power in the presence of a growing flame.
I live in the shadow of monsters.
Monsters who yell, and strut, and attack in fear.
Monsters who lie and cry when their shame is clear.
Monsters who forget, they are outnumbered as the revolution grows near.
I live in the shadow of monsters.
And I’m carrying a torch as I gather my brothers and sisters.
NCCO- 135 words- A Growing Flame 2020 Copyright © Toinette J. Thomas
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