Automatons Ii

The radiance of self-sacrificing might, A non-sexual self-giving Are - in the main - foreign In modern living, Tender their resignation onto soft earth Of paganized, secularized, Technologized, vulgarized animation Life-giving degeneration Pre-born life objectification Depersonalization - to be eliminated Fiddled with, engineered For ill-willed gratification. Ferocious onslaught on innocent life Sowing grief, despair, avoidable strife. The mushrooming perils Of the liberal-minded, Claiming all 'truths' are defensible - Myth of the wits and brains blinded, Treacherous 'season of unreason' Epidemic of rust and dust cerebral: Gibberish - cherished Peddling lies - nightmarish Dig deeper - unredeemed Earthly sleeper Sightless as nocturnal creatures, Becalmed in self-indulgent trance As breathing weaklings' legless dance. Blind, noetic suicide Unmatched giving met by the evil-eyed Treading into quicksand of anti-morality - Bloodcurdling casualty A horrifying, looming feel Of Sodom, Gomorrah death-blow deal Does not body cry out As the voice of the heart? As sure as stars shine, Today's heart is gravely marred