Sheep In Wolf's Clothing (Part II)

[Guest guest]

Got the rules laid down on me again today

like a fence

don't know why,

…was just being me.

 

Everyone around me

resisted the jaws of restraint

to defend me.

 

They weren't really defending me though.

They were defending some personal

sense of freedom

they perceived was under assault,

 

but not directly

as capitalist sheep tend to do...

 

It's funny how when people

as a mass mob

get edgy around profound times of transition,

 

…like animals before a earthquake.

 

As I sit and stare

at my supposed defenders

of peace,

 

I wonder what they've really been affected by

and what real danger that they might have sensed...

 

Was it really just little old just me?

 

...or a greater indication

of the sign of the times…?

 

Personally,

as an individual

I'm much like a single sheep

(granted, with sharp teeth)

 

but when the entire heard

gets excited,

it can only mean one thing,

 

…there's lion's around.

 

They stalk us always,

like the inevitable,

 

never seen but always there…

 

In a way, they are like God,

despite being creators

they often dress like Death.

 

And despite knowing my fate

as an individual

is to always be ready

for the final slaughter,

 

I can't help but find it ironic

that the very same Urge

that urges us to run

 

is the very same Urge that urges

the lions to eat us…