Bones

Remnants of ash bones,
Decay ‘neath tombstones.
Idolized rugged cross.
Lament innocence loss.

No integrity to ferret,
Mortality espy no merit
In a world of hades shade,
Child of God wields a switchblade.

Humanity callously lost,
Virtues a lavish cost.
Callowness grows cold,
Merciful amnesty sold.

Wallowing in past pain,
No means to contain.
Demons rival for higher thrones,
Ravenously fall on bag o’ bones.

Build sacrificial fire’s high,
Till flames touch the sky
A burnt offering I’d suggest,
Appease God of unrest.