Dictates

By Andrew R. Duckworth

Static in the mind and heart-
A hope for the tyrant,
Yet not a certainty.

Nothing says ‘control’ like
Officers arresting for speech.

To the tyrant
Offer only words of protest.

Dictates of man
Invading the space of
God’s people shall not move an
Inch those hearts not yet
Taken by worldly princes
Acting in a manner so
Lavish with cruelty.

In the garden too the
Devil danced with such deceit.