But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain. – Bob Dylan, May 1963

 

Paranoia strikes deep.
Into your life it will creep. – Stephen Stills, Dec 1966

 

You don’t really need to find out what’s going on.
You don’t really want to know just how far It’s gone.
Just leave well enough alone. – Don Henley, Oct 1982

 

The day they blew out the brains of the king,
Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing. – Bob Dylan, Mar 2020

 

Ode to The Four Horsemen.

The Riders of the Apocalypse.

Bringers of the void.

The Masters of War.

The Dark Ones.

 

who suffocate trust

with every breath that you take

who fancy you can kill the gods.

You would end life itself

If you could.

 

You work tirelessly

for the extinction of all,

Unable to rest

Until the last of us fall.

 

Just like witches in black masses.

 

Who commit genocide

In broad daylight

and reassure us that it’s best for all.

Cuz it’s the big lie

That’s more likely to be believed.

 

You of lofty authority and esoteric knowledge.

Your“experts”, “committees” and “scientists”

Speak the incontrovertible, benign wisdom of

Of all you do for our own good,

While the knife waits behind your back.

 

You commit murder

In plain sight

Which nobody sees.

I see.

We see.

 

You who lurk behind

Black and white columns

That govern our fate

And veil upon veil of secrecy and deceit.

 

Like Judas of old, you lie and deceive

and think yourself safe

in your invisible space.

We see you.

You are not safe.

 

Your strength is nothing but our weakness

Your wealth is nothing but our loss

Your power is nothing

but the demons we make.

But we know them now.

And the black enchantment, we forsake.

And we see you.

And you are not safe.

 

As you hear this,

It does not penetrate.

But when what you create

Becomes real

And there’s no one else left to kill

It will come for you too,

And you will know thyself.

 

And it will be a long, long road back for you,

If there is one at all.

 

Because this time is different

This time we know.

This time we wield what you

cannot pervert.

 

The one thing you cannot deflect.

 

The truth.

 

We see you.

You are not safe.