Moriarty

Friedrich names the people
slaves and masters...
commons, nobles,
not of property, but mind...
but it seems to me
the noblesse
has all burned away
leaving nothing
but the commoners
behind.

What happened to the time
of Moriarty?
That diabolic genius
who would settle for no rival
but a mind that matched his own
and matched it well....

Gods I need the age
when enemies had faces...
when they raised us up
instead of dragged us down
when the touchstone of a man
remained
the man he chose to name
his chiefest foe.

How I long for the days
of the Black Knight...
the noble enemy
regarded
with respect...
whom I fight
to the death
with the knowledge that I face
an equal foe....

But now has come the time
ruled by
the Great Unwashed....
The huddled teeming masses
trapped in slavery
they placed upon themselves....
No room for understanding or respect
No more the noble foe
but labels now
Almighty Good and Evil
reign supreme
within their withered souls.

Yet still I wonder where...
did Moriarty go...?