but we exorcised them didn’t we

but we exorcised them

didn’t we

the ghosts of wisdom

have been exorcised

from their homes

and now the houses

of our consciousness

are vacant

with for sales

and rental signs

adorning the neighborhood

our thoughts and beliefs

now are on the market

and the rental agents

and realtors

are bustling about

making deals

for whomever

can afford

to occupy the space

to the highest bidder

goes my allegiance

and my obeisance

and obedience

is still suspect

i detect

for we are all looking

for answers

to questions

that can only be formulated

in soul

and the instructions told us

by those who came

before us

have failed us

was it trust

we were supposed to engage

before our faith

so saith the Lorde

and the horde of beings

are fleeing

institution

seeking solution

to the eternal longing

and we listen

to the sirens songs

ushered forth

on the faint winds of illusion

and the demons await us

to infect us

with the eternal germ

where we will willingly submit

for one breath of fair air

we bargain away things

that belong not to us

as the universe

stand in silent witness

to those of us

who have not yet honed

our hearing

for we have spent

too much time fearing

the ghosts of wisdom

who once occupied

our houses of consciousness

but we exorcised them

didn’t we

© 28 August 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.