THE WOLVES WE FED

We carved our names in iron walls, Called it progress, crowned it pride. Every lie we chose to swallow Kept another beast alive. We sold tomorrow for convenience, Fed our fear with borrowed bread. Every silence signed in blood... Was another wolf we fed. Hear them breathing... Just beyond the light. We fed the wolves! Now they know our names. We forged their teeth... Then cursed the flames. No one left to blame... We fed the wolves. Every crown was built on whispers. Every throne consumed a dream. Every promise wrapped in banners... Tore apart another seam. They never came from distant mountains. They were never born below. They were raised... Inside our houses... One small lie... One seed... One vote... One soul. Bridge Now the shepherd walks unguarded. Now the fences mean no more. When the wolves inherit kingdoms... Who remembers... What the lambs were for? We fed the wolves! They wear our face. They speak our words. They take our place. We built the cage... Forgot the key... Now every mirror... Shows... The beast... In me. - Rogério Fernandes