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all_mighty_power | Poem

obscuring all mighty power
in the hands of the few
the very human power of praise
from pedestal to pedistool
destroy or elate
all mighty horsepower behind
the wheel of the driver distracted
or the driver intent and armed with kill power bombs
for the many or the few or the individual
godly respect is needed now
as Michael seys
we either came to love or kill
with civility or outright decapitation/dissection
the mind is dissected too
ah let's see
there's the reptile brain DNA's survival
left brain balancing the check book
emotional body
rational mind
soul mates everyone
trains passing or meeting
ships sailing or docked
DNA memory directional pulling
the silk road, the golden path
the path of most resistance
pushing the edge or minding the streams
minding the sheep or choosing the stones
hello love, goodbye pain

- Pen Chant