Testimony

What is truth to the prophet in the desert,

crying out from the wilderness,

"Arise, people, arise!

For darkness has come before,

from the most mundane of evils.

And you may wake up alone,

too late,

in a world that rejects you!"

But they turn away,

those who know nothing of science and fact,

and the powerful medicine they require.

Instead, I will whisper it to the child,

who takes my hand without warning,

everytime I let it hang by my side,

the child, who looks up adoringly,

as if I make the heavens spin,

and I will tell the truth.

The day I give up is the day I die.