“Omen for an Era”

Well, that ship it did sink
one long and frigid dark night
in ice laden waters,
right out of sight.

To this day we still
in the depths down below
look for reasons and answers
as we seek to know.

Yet, did it ever occur
to any at all 
that the pride of man goes
just before he does fall !?

And the ship that was heralded
as unsinkable
was doomed from the start—
not so unthinkable.

Yet, speed is to blame
and ice up ahead
but the deeper issue is
of heart and of head.

Nay, confidence in
a thing that man made
lead to so many deaths
in a watery grave.

Alas, even when
the ship started to keel
few did believe
or thought it was real.

They failed to consider
that what was dubbed unsinkable—
a floating Babylonian tower—
would undergo the unthinkable...

Alas, the 20th century
was a Titanic term
in which man`s foolish pride
grew as he learned;

knowledge, that is,
but no fear of God
which gives birth to true wisdom
as does His staff and His rod.

So, we`ve been slowly sinking
on this ship of fools
as the band just plays on
to keep everyone cool.

And the music is sweet
and appealing this Vanity Fair
as it deludes and deceives
to keep us from care.

It tells us we`re fine
that we`re not going down
that we`re safe on this ship
that we`re not goin` drown...

A.B.Adams
September 6, 2024
Friday



“Hamelin Again”

In the 20th century
the Pide Piper played
while everyone danced
and our souls we then laid...

Two terrible world wars
brought the world down to naught:
some then sought God;
most just forgot.

And in the postwar era world
the town of Vanity did grow
til it consumed all but few
with kiosks and shows.

And many just bought
what really was naught
as all things were sold
that souls may be caught.

Nay, “The truth only we`ll buy !”
few and fewer did cry
as those who cried out
were often jailed and did die.

Now the Piper stills pipes
day after day
to attract the rats of Hamelin
to lead them astray.

Alas, much is still sold
and, too, much is still bought,
to win golden souls
which are oft` sold for naught;

and on that that altar they`re laid
as the Piper just plays
while few stop to ask,
“Is this really, the way ?”

A.B.Adams
December 6, 2024
Friday