I AM the road
I AM the Road
Ancient and worn
With different colored masks they come
I AM the road of Davids star
The road built by Pharaoh
The road of the Armenians
They come to me weary and without a voice
Confused and abandoned by the world
The road of the kulaks
Or the Yezidis
Paved by the failures of man
Painted with marred souls of the forgotten
My lure is one of power
One of dominance
I AM the road
Inescapable by man
To fools i am most appealing
You’ve read about me in text
How I led to gulag
To the ovens, to the firing squads
Where i expire skulls pile like mountains
From the streets and the campuses
They approach me again
Desperation burning like fire in their eyes
Blinding them, changing them, numbing them
As history again becomes a stranger
Their first steps come with rage and protest
Their next step will carve out the villain
A villain who cannot speak
Whose words have been outlawed
I welcome a traveler in shackles of silence
I AM the road
That leads to the end
Warn them all
I am traveled again