The Book Of Passing
In reading CHIEF JOSEPH AND THE FLIGHT OF THE NEZ PERCE: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn I was reminded of a poem of sorts I wrote back in 2017.
The Book of Passing
By L. G. Cullens 2017
Yet again in the cycles of rebirth a new nation was born,
a phoenix of aristocratical oppression in a new land.
Intent on the ideals of freedom and equality for all,
oblivious to the seeds of discordance in native genocide.
Lo in attendance was a great and mighty God.
One whose words written by man allow exegesis.
So defended, the colonizers actions intensified,
propelling the new nation towards divined greatness.
Thusly ancient tenets were new abroached,
nourishing crops with the blood of enemies.
And as the populace vanquishing foes were attainted,
divisions arose within as to equality for who.
A great war was waged within, brother-on-brother,
with the leader of the nation championing equality.
The majority’s conscience was abated in victory,
albeit in part by blanking out a less noble genocidal role.
The struggle great with resources hard won,
the populace prospered to ever greater heights.
Equality and freedom the bywords of choice,
applying to ever narrowing distinctions as want.
Inevitably the few acquiring extremes of material gain,
flexed their influence with ever increasing tenacity.
And like a cancer, filthy lucre grew amongst the populace,
speeding the spoil, and hastening the plunder.
The excesses of resources plundered for profit,
paradoxically diminishing quality of life for all.
Tenets of ever increasing gain a double paradox,
in the closed loop means of our natural world.
Will our great nation at an apex of pleonexia
cause the upheaval of societal norms yet agin,
or will it be the last in a long succession,
with humankind given over to Charon?
Our natural instincts, taken to overindulgence,
trigger accelerated change in the natural world.
Existing only in a void of reason and conscience,
they evidence the base nature of the beast.
And we wonder the whys with horse blinkers on.
The Book of Passing
By L. G. Cullens 2017
Yet again in the cycles of rebirth a new nation was born,
a phoenix of aristocratical oppression in a new land.
Intent on the ideals of freedom and equality for all,
oblivious to the seeds of discordance in native genocide.
Lo in attendance was a great and mighty God.
One whose words written by man allow exegesis.
So defended, the colonizers actions intensified,
propelling the new nation towards divined greatness.
Thusly ancient tenets were new abroached,
nourishing crops with the blood of enemies.
And as the populace vanquishing foes were attainted,
divisions arose within as to equality for who.
A great war was waged within, brother-on-brother,
with the leader of the nation championing equality.
The majority’s conscience was abated in victory,
albeit in part by blanking out a less noble genocidal role.
The struggle great with resources hard won,
the populace prospered to ever greater heights.
Equality and freedom the bywords of choice,
applying to ever narrowing distinctions as want.
Inevitably the few acquiring extremes of material gain,
flexed their influence with ever increasing tenacity.
And like a cancer, filthy lucre grew amongst the populace,
speeding the spoil, and hastening the plunder.
The excesses of resources plundered for profit,
paradoxically diminishing quality of life for all.
Tenets of ever increasing gain a double paradox,
in the closed loop means of our natural world.
Will our great nation at an apex of pleonexia
cause the upheaval of societal norms yet agin,
or will it be the last in a long succession,
with humankind given over to Charon?
Our natural instincts, taken to overindulgence,
trigger accelerated change in the natural world.
Existing only in a void of reason and conscience,
they evidence the base nature of the beast.
And we wonder the whys with horse blinkers on.
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