We built them close to form a wall. Within them we shall make our stand. The devil’s prowling on the land devouring the weak who fall from sin that undermined it all. They’ve burnt their buildings, turned them black. Their walls have tumbled. See that crack? Today let’s have bright doors, fresh light, and neighborhoods prepared to fight. Let’s trust in God, resist attack.
Ronovan Hester offers the rhyme word “black” to be used in a C line of a décima having rhyme pattern ABBAACCDDC for this week’s Décima Poetry Challenge.