Marking The Secrets

Violence deceives  

in the absence of love

 masking a template

that fits like a glove

Destruction and madness 

call from within

where lies have embedded 

in footnotes to sin

Violence festers 

in spirit deformed

to strike ever constant

those feelings unborn

Its petroglyph’s holler 

from caves deep inside

marking the secrets

—we most try to hide

(Dreamsleep: June, 2023)