AFTERSHOCKS

"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."--Niccolo Machiavelli

your intensity sent shivers
all across the land

it seemed like all protocols
are slowly crumbling down

you shook
the epicenter of a nation
with your massive outbursts
their frequency often intensifies
the gravity of contradictions

bit by bit
a sense of panic
puts a society into a frenzy
a wall of wisdom turning into rubbles

anxiety is creeping
constantly disturbing
the opinions of your enemies

the depth of collective rage
amplifies a power to be reckoned with
your seismic pressure is relentless
unwavering and oftentimes unpredictable

a situation is volatile
the ground is still unstable
the fault line is constantly moving
a state is being shaken
by your ferocious aftershocks

RMP
10/16/2013
Revised 4/8/2017
Winnipeg MB Canada