Words bring courage
The weight of a tongue that drags an ensnared soul out of the muck
Misplaced action haunts the misused
These fictions and memories circle like vultures to tear away the flesh
One body, craven and ravaged
Only the savage can relate to this turmoiled state
Papers folded, with telling notes
Readied piping hot reeds, breath their angry phrases
All the while, the enduring memorial
Stands in triumph over its history
Scales waiver in their importance
To determine which has meaning and which is worthless.