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I got caught up into social degradation780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeyP3tQQby
And now I’m trying to be renewed780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcU9SXUnwUf
Got trapped within a mob of fear and hatred780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6G7M3fOpf1
A society that’s all subdued780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG0I10fAiN
Those who twist and writhe in self-affliction780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScSGp2cSC4
Blaming the world for what they lose780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDid02SCPG
I got caught up in the lies of patrons780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8Vywmzq67
But now I see them all as fools780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIxfHtE4RO
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You can march and drum and beat your phantoms780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmdj6lLx7j
You can wage a war against the weak780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgepc2SruZW
You can build an army, never question780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAAqXnCmtd
Why your paradise seems so bleak780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjclYgIcRIm
Heed the words of your professing prophets780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbACg872Ux
Believing everything they speak780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGrmDMI06Y
You can dig a hole to make your coffin780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5oDtPvIfO
Then crawl within and fall asleep780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraIkQoaU1S
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Open my mouth to curse your systems780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMZmKiqqdd
Institutions and religious deeds780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfVH7gx2Lu
Cast your hope within the source of violence780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYshaey3AIs
And then wonder why your nation bleeds780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOeYNYxivB
As I’m walking through these desert lesions780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY35QKFOyAx
The ground is cracked and void of seeds780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1LhbED2F2
I see eternities of ash and bloodshed780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW5cgmzEGfL
In attempt to fill your lust and greed780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqsuI43UMT
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Still you’re calling all to call you master780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8yZK7CtMG
Still you rule in vengeance, caught in rage780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnSd9jVffw
Still you’re trying to avenge disaster780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WmkA0zkbL
As religion keeps you in this cage780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nIyzH0fRd
You can’t quite distinguish fact from fiction780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj4m3B1hPS
You can’t seem to step off from the stage780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbS2KjChkaZ
You can’t quite reflect the life you’re longing780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvC4Tmzpvk
Refusing now, to turn the page780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQQrqAMR8f
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Now you’re stuck within an endless rhythm780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDt2pCw6rF
Of a static nature long decayed780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxVuEe36VG
In a world that leaves all life disheveled780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjTA31HRgC
From a Word that leaves you all afraid780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPD1LWG9ee
It was Love that came and conquered nations780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMy3YxQ1Tu
Not through a war or bodies slain780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNLQH5W6Tv
Yet it came in form and shape and kindness780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbaKk5Gk8Q
A compassion sacrificed to claim780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkpILQdmni
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Now you strive in terror, torn asunder780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOOAuPfVoL
As you watch the end, not faraway780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqA5XMurdE6
Feel the grasp of your control is slipping780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEUbBGudP2
While your paranoia shifts and weighs780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFtvUpWar9
You are trying to contain a measure780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXGXPBNy9V
If, but anything, yet to convey780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQCArtIhQxE
You can’t bare the fact of being master780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujiKmisKAo
Then to have it all just stripped away780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpVn7udbkh
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You made a graveyard, what was meant for beauty780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2cIhiW39v
Fashioned chains and tragedy780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9uVPMtKKW
Built a prison for the life of freedom780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdxosNXkSn
And let it waste within your vanity780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURhTIzaD4a
And all the while you had watched them suffer780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDD6ycSEh3
With no concern nor empathy780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6bSZJxdFm
Now all your sins, like sands, too much to number780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiGLY6qvcN
Have you fearful you’ve no amnesty780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6w0ugcQga
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Now the tide is rising, washing over780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa15J92460T
All your sandcastles within its course780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLkhGwPgdG
While you try to reign and raise an army780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbnIClf95c
A pathetic act to show of force780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJFRcIOWjt
There’s a nature, you can’t stand against it780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzz549fLdN
For you know that it shows no remorse780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZkLusPhk2
And the landslide, soon to greet your envy780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7Cl0xKUTm
With the aftermath of calming shore780Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6Ua0ykWP4
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ABOUT THE POEM
This poem is a powerful critique of societal decay, institutional corruption, and the cyclical nature of violence, fear, and self-deception. It explores the speaker’s personal and spiritual awakening amid a world dominated by oppressive systems, false ideologies, and moral bankruptcy.
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The speaker begins by reflecting on their own entrapment in a corrupt society fueled by fear, hatred, and deception—particularly by those in power ("patrons"). The speaker rejects blind obedience to authority, especially religious and political leaders who preach division and justify violence. The poem contrasts this destructive path with a redemptive vision rooted in love, compassion, and sacrifice, suggesting that true transformation comes not through war or domination, but through kindness and moral clarity.
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As the poem progresses, it portrays a collapsing order—rulers clinging to power, waging futile wars, and building illusions of control ("sandcastles") that are inevitably washed away by an unstoppable tide of change. This natural, almost apocalyptic force symbolizes justice or divine reckoning, dismantling systems built on greed, vanity, and suffering.
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Ultimately, the poem conveys a message of inevitable accountability and the futility of resisting moral and spiritual truth. It calls for introspection, repentance, and a turning away from destructive cycles toward a more compassionate way of being.
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Key Themes
- Social and Moral Decay: The poem opens with a society degraded by fear, hatred, and self-destruction.
- Institutional Critique: Religious institutions, political systems, and "prophets" are condemned for spreading lies and inciting violence.
- Personal Redemption: The speaker has awakened from delusion and now sees the truth, rejecting the role of the oppressed or complicit.
- The Illusion of Power: Those in control are depicted as desperate, paranoid, and doomed—unable to distinguish reality from fiction.
- Love as Revolution: True conquest is not through war but through love and sacrifice, a direct challenge to dominant power structures.
- Inevitable Reckoning: Nature, time, or justice ("the tide") will erase unjust systems, no matter how entrenched.
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Symbolism
- "Sandcastles": Represent the fragility of human power and institutions.
- "The tide": Symbolizes an unstoppable force of change, cleansing or judgment.
- "Love that came and conquered nations": Likely references Christ-like sacrifice or universal compassion as a transformative power.
- "Desert lesions", "ash and bloodshed": Images of spiritual and physical desolation caused by endless conflict.
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The poem blends prophetic tone with poetic intensity, echoing traditions of social critique found in Romantic and visionary poetry, as well as biblical prophetic literature. It ends not with despair, but with the quiet certainty of change—where destruction gives way to "calming shores," suggesting the possibility of renewal after collapse.
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