AN INNER STATE

[sonnyo]

Terror is an armed robbery
Terror--the bleakness of poverty
Terror is the need of neglect
And the stripping of respect.

Terror is the rape of a lady
Terror--the dead, shaken baby
Terror is any child abuse
And the human rights we lose.

Terror is a sudden murder
Terror--the negligent driver.
Terror is to hurt her
And to cause pain inside her.

Terror is an unexpected attack
Terror--the hate crime, the ignorance.
Terror covets what it lacks
And builds resentment for us.

Terror is a rigid fixation
Terror--the nails of coercion.
Terror stumps persuasion
And stalks in perversion.

Terror is a toxic chemical
Terror--the silent pollution.
Terror is negative and cynical
And feeds on panic and confusion.

Terror is the devil of addictive passions
Terror--many more years of probation.
Terror is the dread of revocation
And the third-strike of incarceration.

Terror is the hard times of depression
Terror--the drain on relationships
Terror is paranoia and obsession,
Hallucinations, an aneurysm.

Terror is the realm of hungry ghosts
Terror--the fraudulent process.
Terror is a kingdom of animals
Preying on the weaker and the weakest.

Terror is the inexplicable violence.
Terror--the wrath of chronic disease
Terror is a war of the titans
And the jealous conjecture of insecurities.

Terror is the trap-door of doubt
Terror--the pride-and-shame complex.
Terror means there is no way out
And only deluded consciousness.

Terror is the hatred of extremism
Terror--both over there and right here.
Terror is the fear of women and feminism,
Losing power, and feeling inferior.

Terror is an inner state.
Terror--a reaction to the environment.
Terror depends on conditions to violate
The boundaries of what is sovereign.