Dark clouds on the horizon under the glaring Sun -
Omnipresent hope, many presume none,
Hunger heedless inhabits the mind of a ghost,
Unhearing of the Power Omnipotent of the Host.

Twister of the paralyzed:
Enthroning villains,
Uncrowning heroes,
Subjecting the unsuspecting to hostile exile,
Approvers of the impenitent...
Exciting Truths, they claim, shall expire;
Foolishness empire, unwittingly they admire,
Wallow on the stage of "mediocrity" -
Runaway "winners"! Goody-goody sinners!

Disremembering:
Silence luminous...
Noise ominous,
Repute formidable,
Weak side pardonable...
From nature the lessons of self-renunciation -
Paved by martyrs' blood... restoration...
A daisy unenvious, ungrudging of rose,
Slavery mindless, overlooking both daisy and rose,
Teasingly tantalizing
Grotesque vegetations of egocentricity;
Ignoring immortal glimpses of Christocentricity...
Christocentric longevity... egocentric brevity;
Ambushed by less than enriching edifice
In quandary amiss...
Undiscerning of the footprints of Light
From footfalls of night...
Judas-like... fright...

Do their hearts rest?
Or are they unfailingly failing The Test?

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