“And out of his mouth went a sharp sword…”
— Revelation 19:15

Just the wing of the sun
before the clouds
stitched together their body bags

Just the flash of a sword
before the rain turned red
and down poured the word

An empty parking lot
is apocalyptic in the dark
what a place for the rapture

The wars that are elsewhere
take hostages at home
and murder is prologue

Just the wing of the sun
the flash of a sword
the children never born