Have you heard the adage, about how fish will rot?
‘From the head comes spoilage’, so most of us were taught.
At leaders we point fingers, when rot is first perceived.
But what’s below those fingers, reveals what I believe.
Rot first touches basic things, like commonly known facts.
Then one sacred trusted thing, it will push to redact.
When Truth is sold for gold, and kindness dies for gain,
Lies become a stronghold, and more in life …is feigned.
Then builders cheat, teachers sleep, preachers ‘slant’ The Word.
Fields then wither, laws grow weak, none say it’s absurd.
Long before leaders corrupt, and rot becomes complete,
Truth SHOUTS OUT,
‘This I instruct: From Truth, please don’t retreat!‘
Most leaders do not conjure rot; they rise from its source.
Like plants they grow, well-watered by those they are endorsed.
They wear the masks supporters crave, then promise them...
...good deals.
They harvest all the bitter fruits supporters’ hearts conceal.
Corrupt leaders reflect lands where virtue once was gold.
Basking in their secret sins, they stand before us bold!
When they can no longer cloak desires to control,
They cast off all pretenses, when folks learned what they stole!
A rotten head will lead the way where life’s dark waters flow.
The weaker body follows fast, too blind or slow to know.
The leader fights the stream at first, but not for very long;
Its body, sick with hidden rot, cannot be brave or strong.
Leaders boast! Some folks still cheer, as life’s dark waters rise.
Pulling strings like puppeteers, their fans believe their lies.
Don’t they know that nations fall when pride is their main sin?
God ensures they won’t arise, till Truth is found within!
One finger that to leaders points, leaves 3 that self-convict.
The leaders that we all anoint, don’t just themselves depict.
From ‘home-cooked soups’ they all arise, and show what’s in our pots!
So when it’s scum, leaders become, they show …our hidden rot!
