bedlam

the Liar ensnares

mouth of friends 

hot honey clinging

to their teeth 

folkloric propaganda 

searing skin of innocent

accuser of the brethren 

in mask of inverted holiness 

sowing discord, and visions 

of their own imaginings 

spoken not in scripture 

charismatic speculation 

apocryphal sword severing 

the seekers from the Kingdom

scavenging abstractions 

from projections of the texts 

inspired not by Spirit —

making idols of dark confusions

chained up in delusions 

cannibalizing the young

plucking wings from butterflies 

unspooling new clean lives

petitioning for discernment

against the deception of helpful hands