PROSE VERSE

Tales for Authority

Adult Stories for Children's Control

Tales we tell of many demons many beasts, Gods and devils to playfully taunt Fearful visions of the unknown.

The need to plant images of fantasy Into imagination’s of the young Using methods of tried and tested manipulation, Stories of terror and fear.

Suggestion plagues the gullible mind Ensuring reality’s weakening grip Sought out by the narrator’s Frightening tales, Revelling in their deception Until the story takes on its form. Intensity from the lips of deception Coercing shapes from within the shadows, The gullible imagination takes on a life of its own Relinquishing control.

The deeper the rooted fear The tighter fantasy’s grip becomes, Taking assertion to gain control The pure mind now sees far from view.

Daylight brings the saviour Returning the mind back to the soul, Allowing normality to take back its lead In daylights waking hours.

Lingering always in the back Of the young mind, behaviour mindful For fear of bringing forth the wrath From tales of fearful terror.

Adults authority accomplished Who sought out absent control.

This piece is from Explorations ( Calming the Storm in a Young Mans Mind ) Fantasy- Tales for Authority. 1990.

Thank you for reading. J.