The Vampire stands

Seductive, coy

hands outstretched

in majestic destruction

Her appetite insatiable

veins split open

spewing acid rain

scarlet poison

 

Her smile

hideous

Her lustful stare

Demonic

 

Greedily sucking life from Gaia

filtering fish from rivers

With a rib bone

picking whale bones from her teeth

 

 

Her smog fouled breath

turns rain to acid

Her silky venomous touch

fells the ancient guardians

Redwoods

Pines

Oaks

 

Blowing Cap and Trade

to shores beyond

Fools thinking air,

oceans are

magically compartmentalize

no boundaries recognized

But in the meantime

let the poor suffer

as they always have suffered

always will suffer

 

The world,

her slave

victim

has gone gray

Colors muted

weary waves break hallow

Music soundless

replaced by cruel laughter

Hues clueless to

intensity

saturation

tone

The ability to awe

 

A world gone gray

except for the child

Runs for the joy of running

Laughs for the pleasure of joy

 

When lights dim

and man’s cruelty

or indifference

Overwhelms our capacity

for hope

Love of children

anoints hope

 

They honor us with

their presence

their innocence

their right to exist

reason enough why

We fight for a better day