Thank you to Editor Val Michael Tuck for publishing 
this in Tuck Magazine.

http://tuckmagazine.com/2017/12/06/poetry-1159/

Leviathan

Inside this giant, hatred is bred,

Sour breath of hostility spread,

Jealousy propagates ill will,

Malignant evil enough to kill.

Cold scorn begins to germinate,

Advances agendas of hate,

The heart’s master,

Destroys ever faster.

Forced ideologies meant to control,

Freedoms constrained that diminish man’s soul,

At what price will humanity regain,

The right to transcend oppression again?