Drop Poem by Bill Upton

Mercy shut down the office early today-
Sent the workers home without their paychecks-
Locked the doors behind them.
No explanation given.

Trust walked away today
Not saying where it was headed,
Just declaring
It wasn't returning.

Truth set itself on fire today,
Drenched in gasoline and dishonesty,
Burned beyond recognition.
The family was notified.

One by one we are losing our virtues.
We are abandoning our means of Grace,
Voluntarily, with no resistance
We are morally imploding,
Sacrificing the core of our character.

We don't need binoculars to see the invading army
Advancing swiftly toward our front gates,
But we have evidently lost the courage, the spirit,
The very tenets of our constitution
While abandoning our own fort.

Evil has many faces- some visible, some not,
But the dark cloud it sends to surround our souls
Will never leave on its own.
It will never be defeated just by maintaining an upright position.
It will require that we, collectively,
In prayer,
Go to our knees.