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I got caught up into social degradation813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ri85ZB6oZ
And now I’m trying to be renewed813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphHreLGrwG
Got trapped within a mob of fear and hatred813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdPIzYjncm
A society that’s all subdued813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3DMEC4Gks
Those who twist and writhe in self-affliction813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRW1b23vhg
Blaming the world for what they lose813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflhkftJxkh
I got caught up in the lies of patrons813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMOgRAtzer
But now I see them all as fools813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMJDzV1OFO
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You can march and drum and beat your phantoms813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡws169TJoGa
You can wage a war against the weak813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9wqqYk7wT
You can build an army, never question813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLo3qghPacQ
Why your paradise seems so bleak813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WTwikYK8k
Heed the words of your professing prophets813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalmWbv8Y0O
Believing everything they speak813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHihchfxCNu
You can dig a hole to make your coffin813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUZyBMK8jC
Then crawl within and fall asleep813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡck2rjXQSZb
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Open my mouth to curse your systems813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgIBI7Xho2
Institutions and religious deeds813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI02XpiWrn
Cast your hope within the source of violence813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9TZaijXX3
And then wonder why your nation bleeds813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBPEEnqUr5
As I’m walking through these desert lesions813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ow9R8TCpv
The ground is cracked and void of seeds813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUvcgVuYnb
I see eternities of ash and bloodshed813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsB79zvhW4
In attempt to fill your lust and greed813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa17RPViTDq
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Still you’re calling all to call you master813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmIQD7aegr
Still you rule in vengeance, caught in rage813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEKpasMDDH
Still you’re trying to avenge disaster813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZlLnREo11
As religion keeps you in this cage813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG64c7GT8H
You can’t quite distinguish fact from fiction813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4M724NImz
You can’t seem to step off from the stage813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXZCPwUm8Q
You can’t quite reflect the life you’re longing813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5T8hqMTe7
Refusing now, to turn the page813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlfGJ86Iuc
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Now you’re stuck within an endless rhythm813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLXWWgh58v
Of a static nature long decayed813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3TqRnwedD
In a world that leaves all life disheveled813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZhSxZvUws
From a Word that leaves you all afraid813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5YnBERqmx
It was Love that came and conquered nations813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZX9GI43aw
Not through a war or bodies slain813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvBkFrCigS
Yet it came in form and shape and kindness813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfT3xTfGz7A
A compassion sacrificed to claim813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdDkd9ZA6i
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Now you strive in terror, torn asunder813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wVg7LXf2r
As you watch the end, not faraway813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaJrItBEapB
Feel the grasp of your control is slipping813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODH83TG0RA
While your paranoia shifts and weighs813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsAaCqC2iZ
You are trying to contain a measure813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4X0qjyaiB
If, but anything, yet to convey813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjZo9F2ntM
You can’t bare the fact of being master813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmnRzqaUqP
Then to have it all just stripped away813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZuihdaZlM
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You made a graveyard, what was meant for beauty813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHy0nkSVsF
Fashioned chains and tragedy813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrRzEzOd3Bw
Built a prison for the life of freedom813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn2iMOZ2FB
And let it waste within your vanity813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQe4MR82X1n
And all the while you had watched them suffer813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAVtJWstq7
With no concern nor empathy813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhWjlHflWA
Now all your sins, like sands, too much to number813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkx9RGWN8ik
Have you fearful you’ve no amnesty813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvRYvxL9gZ
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Now the tide is rising, washing over813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE1xzl1N1Y
All your sandcastles within its course813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTd4WZMY8M
While you try to reign and raise an army813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokYm4ugoBy
A pathetic act to show of force813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVNs2mzyMt
There’s a nature, you can’t stand against it813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2uxSBbTXw
For you know that it shows no remorse813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMs3dqyDFS4
And the landslide, soon to greet your envy813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaZJNAlXeA
With the aftermath of calming shore813Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXfPm6L7JT
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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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