Birthright

We are older by faith than by experience. - Thoreau

jackals, hyenas and wild dingoes

wizards and warlocks

fast and furious

wicked and curious

salivating in surround sound

taking the low ground

in the oculus of strobed existence

dragons, kings

and other obtuse things

"where is your god now?", they ask carnivorously

"where can we sink our rabid teeth"

"you're so meek"

it's all a blur

being dubbed, "sir"

i pass by them clutching the golden chalice of mirth

waiting to inherit the earth

immeasurable worth

a righteous privilege of faith's birth

Author's Note

"A man's real faith is never contained in his creed, nor is his creed an article of his faith. The last is never adopted. This it is that permits him to smile ever, and to live even as bravely as he does. And yet he clings anxiously to his creed, as to a straw, thinking that that does him good service because his sheet anchor does not drag." - Thoreau