AND NONE SHALL LIVE AND NONE SHALL SLEEP

AND NONE SHALL LIVE AND NONE SHALL SLEEP

And none shall sleep
and none will live
when the dawn will break on the crest of the hill.
Because the one who revealed the answers to your quest
was denied justice.
The cold tyrant, the one who holds the humanity
under the command of the sword
must stand by the promise made to the prophet
who was the prophet of love.
He was a prophet in graciousness, the saint in compassion,
the heir to be
the claimant to the heart of the throne of love,
and the tyrant queen retreats
from the promise to surrender her throne
to the prince who has answers to the riddles that bog the humanity.
She retreats in fear of the divine justice
that demands the marriage of power and love.
She believes in the age-old precept that governs her mind:
that Power must not yield
and Love must never be allowed to win.

And alas, the Prince of all answers
has asked the queen to guess his sacred name
before the day breaks behind that hill,
and if she does, his life will end
and if she cannot
she must stand by her word and marry
the Prince who abides by Love.
And the God of the Political Machine
has diabolical rules to perpetuate Power.
The tyrant queen issues a decree :
"None shall sleep and none shall live
until and unless his name is found."

And as is typical of our times,
the Prince of Love who has almost won
waits in the moonlit night.
The tyrant defers justice as long as she can,
and the people can neither sleep nor live
in the perpetual nightmare of uncertainty.