Colony of Maggots

We're one sunlit eve away from the storm*
 One caressing kiss away from the fist
 One promising tomorrow away from sorrow
 One steady step away from the slippery edge
 One laughter filled breath away from our death
 One daring leap on a mountain too steep
 We're one genocide away from salvation
 One droplet of rain away from the flood
 One restful sleep from the cemetery mud
 One triumphant victory away from shame
 One unique idea and it's all the same
 We're one bullet away from homicide
 One sandy step away from the deadly tide
 One truth bleeding from ten thousand lies
 One incessant horde that follows as mice
 One furtive abortion from annihilation
 We're one fraction of an immense abstraction
 One will to slaughter our way to salvation
 One wield of a sword from the godhead's ablation
 One impure stream of cleansing devotion
 One more stab at a mother in convulsion
 We're one expression of freedom in bondage
 One wall in a prison of our own conception
 One colony of maggots feeding on a sore wound
 One dangling strand of hope poised on doom
 One virulent strike cast in burning desire
 We're one mind with no design that is right
 One strenuous now from tomorrow's plight
 One field of vision and nothing in sight
 One short eternity from heavens light