Wolf In Shepherd’s Clothing
Light/dark sonnet
Glass saints offer fragile benediction
Diffusing the son’s light in varied hues
Base desires hide behind soft diction
Candle bearing children feed a dark muse
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Black sheep robed in the finest white cotton
Once picked by black hands under white men’s whip
Guilty transgressions some wish forgotten
Hiding sins in outrage and censorship
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Alter boys send up smoke signals to God
Trauma burning along with the incense
A game of telephone, heavily flawed
Lost innocence forced to seek penitence
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Did we misunderstand the text, the plan?
We were warned the wolf would lie with the lamb
About the Creator
Sean A.
A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.
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