Our endless, numbered days
Sackcloth on our backs,
ashes in our mouths,
wailing heard from north and south
Morning maniac music
shakes me awake
those who once brought hope
now mired in hate.
Over the mountains,
black clouds scud
a perverted vivacity
has entered the blood.
Refugees waiting,
knocking at your door,
seeking sanctuary
on a distant shore.
Christendom has fallen
collapsed from within,
deep, deep in the luxury of sin.
No crystal ball
Needed
No prescience
Heeded.
Iron enters the soul,
in a world
suddenly grown old.
Delil Souleiman/AFP - Assyrian Christian militia in a church destroyed by Daesh
John Marks
Sun 4th Jul 2021 16:37
Thank you Mark. I think people from the global east and south wish to move to what was once Christendom because they believe it to be rich, a land of milk and honey as portrayed by Hollywood. The west's inaction when confronted with the persecution and genocide of Christian communities in the middle-east (Assyrians, Armenians, Copts, Greeks) is ample evidence that Christendom has fallen and been replaced by an empty-headed selfish and ultimately unsatisfying consumerism.