King of Thieves

Watching, waiting, lurking in the darkness…
There is no mercy with an adversary so heartless.
feasting on the children of mothers, and brothers,
sisters and daughters, husbands and lovers…
care for no others, only his desire
to devour the unsuspecting in proverbial fire.
Transforming citizens into life condemned slaves
murdering the innocent while his image unscathed.
stealing the lives of all those in his wake
no compassion or remorse for all that he takes
leaving behind widows, and fatherless sons
until they are of age to be target number one…
as the victims grow younger, increasing his hunger
swallowing  families and taking lives under.
no need for justice, he creates his own
no safety or refuge, no protection from home
he will find you, he can come in your sleep
and have you bound up in chains before you can blink
and all that he needs is a theory or hunch
to steal away all that we all treasure so much…
our life, our freedom, our fathers, our sons…
yet there is no justice for the damage he’s done
he IS the King of Thieves, a purveyor of fear
his thunderous gavel can wipe away years
the streets flood with tears from all that he’s done
a sovereign tyrant answering to no one
he scours this country with an all seeing eye
making true whatever he chooses to falsify
is it you, is it I, is his next victim me?
are we all just prey, to this King of Thieves?
- copyright Larry D. Wriser, Jr. 2009