Region of Darkness

 
Region of Darkness

Where the eyes are cast down or are forcefully shut,
Where the ears cannot listen to pleas,
Where the things all around us will never be known,
Let us go, and be satisfied, please.

Let us harden our hearts, as we smile and we laugh
At the jokes about people who suffer.
Let us silence the one who may still have a heart
And say, “He's a traitor, that duffer!”

Let this be the place that we live in, oh lord—
A place that has freedom from worry.
To this place of our dreams, let us hasten, oh lord—
To this region of darkness, let’s hurry.

2018 November 4th, Sun.
Brooklyn, New York