A Flaming Sword cloaked in Righteousness, seared onto hearts in the name of God–
words of warning from Godly Men to those who dared to question–
words of finality from mother to son, told to stay away forever–
words of sorrow from son to daughter, excising her soul–
words of anger spilling down to a sister, ripping her spirit–
words of what-might-have-been echoed to an unborn baby boy–
words that closed doors, severed ties, starved flesh, erased memories,
murdered love itself
while heads were turned away
Dark tears fall into a puddle below
Puddle to stream to river to ocean
Midnight blue oceans
Filled with inky tears from hollow eyes
My children are drowning and crying and afraid
Shackled, I am screaming for help…
But nobody hears