RULER

DRY LEAVES SANG

AND BIRDS CAME TUMBLING DOWN

AND SOMEWHERE A CROWD PAID

TO SEE THE TEARS OF A CLOWN

TO SPITE THE TIME

A CLOCK REFUSED TO CHIME THE HOUR

BUT BEAT AS A BROKEN HEART THERE IN THE TOWER.

SOMEWHERE AN ANGEL FROWNED A SADDENED FROWN

AND RAIN FELL UP INSTEAD OF FALLING DOWN

SEASONS REVERSED AND SNOW FELL IN JULY

AND JOLLY FOLK THAT LAUGHED BEGAN TO CRY.

A MOTHER'S LOVE TURNED INTO HOSTILITY

A BABY'S WAIL BECAME A SILENT PLEA

THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AND DROWNED ITSELF

AND DARKNESS DESCENDED DOWN WHEN SUNSHINE LEFT.

FLOWERS BURST INTO SPRAYS OF WEEDS AND THORNS

AND NIGHT DESTROYED THE COMING OF THE MORN

PEOPLE SANG WITH WEAPONS IN THEIR HANDS

AND WITH DEADENED EYES THEY DISPOSED THEIR FELLOW MAN.

NO LAUGHTER RANG FROM HAPPY LIPS AGAIN

AS EVERYONE EMBRACED THE REIGN OF SIN

NO MOTHER'S SON RETURNED FROM GORE OF WAR

AND IN THE LAND THERE WAS NO PEACE...NO MORE.

THE LOVE OF LIFE WENT BACK FROM WHENCE IT CAME

AND MINDS OF MEN WENT EMPTY AND INSANE

MACHINES OF DEATH ROLLED GRINDING GODLESS GEARS

AND SILENCED ALL THE CHILDREN'S HOPEFUL TEARS.

OCEANS FULL OF BLOOD GAVE FORTH NO LIFE

NO FATHER LOVED HIS CHILD NOR MAN HIS WIFE

BUT ALL THEY RAN TO HILLSIDE AND TO CAVE

TO SAVE THEMSELVES BUT NO HELP CAME TO SAVE.

NO AIR, NO FOOD, NO WATER LEFT TO DRINK

NO LOVE TO FEEL AND NO THOUGHTS LEFT TO THINK

NO HOPE TO CALM THE FEARS THAT RAMPANT RAN

AND NONE TO SAVE THE ROTTEN RACE OF MAN.

THE BOMBS THEY BURST IN CLOUDS OF MAN MADE GLORY

BUT NO SONG WRITER LIVED TO TELL THE STORY

THE PUPPETS RAN THE WORLD WITH MASTER'S STRINGS

AND WON IT ALL BUT THEN LOST EVERYTHING.

KINGS IN CROWNS AND PALACES OF GOLD

EXCHANGED THESE THINGS AND MORE THINGS FOR THEIR SOULS

AND NEVER ONCE BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD END

BUT BE RENEWED IN SPLENDOR ONCE AGAIN.

       Part One.    to be continued............