The Plead
8.11.2026
Poem
The Plead
By Joshua Morrell
I hate to be an alarmist
but I do think
we as human beings
are a jest
a joke
a walking cackling corpse
oblivious to the truth.
We have become
a land of idiots
and the immoral
we lost a sense
of pride and self love
within ourselves
and our surroundings.
I don’t think it is just a thing
or a fad
or a flippant passing judgment
we are heading towards
the wrong end
of the ditch
and we will get impaled
by the witches spike
If we don’t wake up.
Wake up!
Wake up!
Hells fume
and it’s intense flame
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will burn us
no doubt
if we don’t take
our inventory
and revolt!
Revolt?
Yes revolt.
revolt against the corpse that is
waiting there inside ourselves.
I will tell you though
I have done this inventory
I have found
my wickedness
and self loathing
I have looked in myself
and I have found a way out.
Looking at the dawn
and finding my new day
while it is still there
too walk forward
and to embrace the change
and the good
and the good within
myself —
and the good I want to see in others.
Please
Please
I beg
change your course
before we bury ourselves
and choke on the earth
that we have disturbed.
