serialized breathing

serialized breathing
comforting in the minds of fools
examining the moon
in a breath betraying
an ultimate faith
in good and evil alone
able to justify itself
trying endlessly
to array against
the crimes of sorrow
and waste of life
crumbling together as we fall
afraid unhoping trust
cords around the arms
of valor accepting
the crust of dreams
uncivilized horror
trembling