Sher Chandley, Roodeport, Gauteng, South Africa

The Bonds that Bind

I know a man
I know many men
So many I can't count
In the general tradition
Love their sons and daughters
Oh how they love them so !
Seems beyond divine instinct
Feed and clothe them
Teach them with patient care
Succour them in illness
Through gales and sunshine

I know a man
I know many men
So many I can't count
That transmit hatefulness
Into their beloved progeny
The same hatefulness
That was induced in them
Milk and bread of poison
Filial bonds that bind
So I ask you father
Is this truly love ?
Can it be a bond ?
Or rather a binding chain
That shackles the soul
A burrowing fetid worm
That rots to the core

I know a man
I know many men
So many I can't count
Who know not
That they pollute
Love with hate .

(c) 2019 Sher Chandley