Obelisk (poem)

Shadows engulf pockets of light

Beneath unblinking phallic walls.
Sprawled upon faces, the subjugated
Bow before unholy might;
Those hinting denial, burned in pits.
Eyes cannot betray utter devotion,
Amidst quickly fading lives;
The irises rolled white, veins pumping,
Mouths in ecstatic gulping.
Towering, Omnipotent, Omnipresent
Black obsidian cut thick and precise.
Fists once held in the air to protect,
Now cudgel the woman, the child, the weak
Until blood soaked streets wail in terror.
Sprawled upon faces, the subjugated
Bow before unholy might;
Those hinting denial, shattered.
Silent, firm, Omniscient.
Obelisk.