Malachi Ritscher
we ignore
our own insanity
to project our pain
upon other nations of humanity
we beat down
and bury
the healers
of our own misery
we turn our heads
from our own beauty
we betray our visionaries
who study our ability
to attain peace and harmony
surrendering
to the false intellects
of barbarity
we destroy our neo-priests/monks
who define a New World Spiritual Responsibility
Malachi,
we have denied
your gift of fire
Malachi,
your painful truth has peeled
and revealed
the vermin
who are our fellow citizens
the fire
that burns hypocrisy
has set you free
and has released
your burdened body