Manipulation

Hallucinating minds cower seeking rich redemption.                                       
Sprawled on the lawn of yesteryear.
Visionaries replaced by ignorance.
Unmountable horses disperse 

Bearing the cross of nostalgia
Formed from the wizardry of today's minds. 
Freedom cannot be recognized. 
Beyond the bars of society.

Disorientated souls meander
From one frivolous musing to the next.
Self-Conscious faces 
As vulnerable as the beetle in the Sahara

Forgotten truth slithers from blind eyes
Masks slightly unhinged
Lightning strikes the gutless
Poverty illuminates the soul