April 27 - A Looming of Inquisitors.

No one ever expects the coming of the Inquisitors

A Looming of Inquisitors

I've seen it coming a long time now,
   In history books I read when I was a boy,
        In later years I read the warnings in the Scriptures.
Now I see it happening again in the papers and on the nightly news.
   The grim inquisitors are creeping back and in amongst us,
        Settling deep into the dark niches far up the halls of power.

Their numbers grow. They settle like fat, self-satisfied ticks
    Engorging themselves with the blood of the people our fathers
         Once made free and strong - sucking just a little bit of it;
Injecting in place of blood, the suspicious sweetness of empty promise,
    The temptation to self-righteous sanctimony
         And shallow belonging in place of honest solitude. 

The inquisition brings with it easy choices but only if,
    You don't think about the consequences of your choosing.
         If you pretend there are no consequences to be had.
The Autumn is coming against the looming of inquisitors,
    A shadow of something larger approaching glorious,
        On the horizon brewing in the vast and utter East.

 © 2019 by Tom King