The Dive

It's getting dark. We should hold hands.

It’s getting dark.
We should hold hands.
Stick together.
Watch out for each other.

We plunge into night —
Lies, chaos, rage.
Haters see difference as demons.
They scream it to death.

We’ve got to hold on
To what makes us human:
Empathy. Compassion.
Now rare as clean air.

Desecration.
Dehumanization.
The currency of the cult,
The culture's economy.

We dive into dystopia.