Still Poem by Luke Hobbs

default, your domain undisputed,
a challenge to accept,
that we are the exception,
never asking exemption,
this said without pretention,
to come across the fulcrum,
you would know the tension,
a fate which lies in question,

how are we defined,
what is deviation,
when began our existence,
where is relevance,
in whom is found validity,
why is virility this undying flame,
you ask and vacillate,
between that which is most,
idolized and despised,

are we still standard,
reach back though history,
have we ever been,
doubt clouds days awaiting light,
will we ever be,
sounds in the night seek prey,
we hear your answer,
rhetoric lacking echo,
the word unheard,
forgotten allegiance,
trust is prime suspect,
forsaken sense atrophied,
ringing deafness reigns,

all contrast, brilliance, excitement,
slumber in the numbness of it,
is your intent a blind,
infect with indifference,
pantomime surprised,
now play the part assigned,
errant pawns despised,
cast to your mobile marks,
scene, affect of the mind,
day traitor curtained by night,
town crier revealed at light,

discernment the encompassing lens,
fear the narrowing aperture,
when did you become sediment,
better to resign humanity,
if it will secure isolation,
leave remnant crumbs of soul,
for a cunning crocodile,
your doctored tears only mock,
a funeral long since buried