Episode 45 – Gingerbread

On fire
with hatred,
danger camps
on every doorstep.

They burn witches,
don’t they,
to cleanse the ills
of society?

Trouble stirred
into caldrons of chaos
while the accusers
hide under their beds.

Symbols tattooed
on the skin of the tortured
remind us
something’s always out there.

Can’t fear be teacher,
sewn from scraps of sorrow,
guiding us with knowledge
rather than arming us for battle?