Pride

Engulfed by such prestigious wrath

Encased beneath prodigious skies

I find myself locked up in depths

Of hatred I did not devise

Of cages, sung by those un-flown

Of paradise, of many colored tones

Of words kept in, as poison drained

And sang a song of monochrome

Re-pressed in this unnatural page

Flowers longing for their days

To shine beneath an equal sun

And keep the faith of founding sons

Entreated to behold a scene

Enraptured by the damndest things

As men preach mercy on their tongues

But grind the bread for children's bones

And make of love a fairy tale

And of their savior make a joke

And take, and take, and never care

Until the players bow and choke

Throw roses that were never worn

Throw lightning and these glowering storms

Throw nooses over woody nooks

Hang the truth and burn the books

Enshrine in law enshrouded thoughts

Envisioned by vessels in the dark

Shunning empathy as sin

Equality means giving in

And giving up the ghost at last

The least of these shall be made first

A voice in the desert crying out

For a Kingdom born that's upside down

For a just and better world for all

A picture set in more the stone

For barriers to truly crumble

Pride must come before that fall

Pride

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