Shadows

shadows play in the mind:

implications, innuendo, intrusion

into the consciousness to do the work

that vows of honor will not allow

and so the covert words, the threats,

the thinly-veiled intimidation

the posturing that makes us want to scream

because the shadows are not there,

only their sarcasm, their desires born of hate

and activated by fear, sudden, constant fear,

yet who would point a finger?

who could point a finger at a shadow?

for they are hidden in the cowardice of their numbers,

never to face the sighted, never to act or argue,

for the right is on their side, in the dark.