The Perfecting of Evil


Consider evil, that unholy necessity
born to expose the genius of forgiveness;
supernatural toxin born
to trigger sacred antidote.

Its delinquent offspring flourish:
Hatred, commands an audience with our nature;
Pain, illuminates the peace which it has broken;
Sorrow, distracts, supplants the joy it has mis-shapened;
Death, glows as Satan's chalk line drawn around our shadow.

Consider evil, this grizzly comforter we wear as skin
to protect us from the chill of Truth;
yet, illuminates our lonely silhouettes
when clearly spied against the Light.

Copyright (c) 2006 Gary Brown