United

The line was formed

Loose chains holding all

A mind trick set in place

To follow the leader

While their friends

Plucked and pulled,

Damaging the line,

Weakening the herd

That didn’t know

They were being herded

Sheep for slaughter

Missing the wolf among them,

The sharp teeth the leader had

The claws ready to rip

To tear throats

At first sign of rebellion-

But there was a trip,

A stumble,

A rock tossed in path

Of leader and comrades

Enough to jostle the chains

That held the followers at bay,

Enough that they heard

The sweet tink, tink, tink

Of a freedom they craved,

Hands slipped free of links

Raised in united motion

To overturn the power

To take back to the masses

The resources stolen,

The homes upturned

The remembrance to live

And not just survive.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet. novelist, and freelance journalist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!

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