The Rising

And the rising

Begins

And the reign 

Of innocence

Became

Denial

In their heads

And death

Became

The lead

And truth

Met it’s match

And the rising

Fed their

Nimble brain

And the reign 

Of innocence

Died

That day

And it became,

The beginning

The end

Again.

©Jay Mora-Shihadeh

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