hellbent

instinct prevails

above all else

animalistic survival

flight or fight

drowns out the tiny cries of humanity

the squeaks of love and hate 

the demands of creation

held at bay

tethered to each other

rendered voiceless under pain of death and

in their stead stands an unwritten law that 

grinds out order even where there is none that 

reeks of a false sense of control 

churning out logic and rage under

the guise of strong will and dominance bound by 

a jagged yet monolithic barrier of ideas and opinions 

some good some bad

each hellbent on a singular purpose 

not put off by distractions and perfidy 

bearing only one sole focus: to live

©Karen Casady2020