When Evil is God
In my heart’s eye, the green of leaves turns grey
Flowers drooping, grieving over the mood of decay
As evil hijacks divine thrones, leading beings astray
Raining malice on foes, forged far, far away
Imposing rule over peoples refusing to pray
To Evil unknown ‘n gods that only slay
As noble intentions turn tyrannical
Folks behind them wildly diabolical
Toxic pots on legs, kiss of death maniacal
Hearts hardened by tragedies made normal
Empathy vaporized, by acts wanton ‘n criminal
Playing god, ousting God, beasts now celestial
Fiends acting human, hearts plainly selachian
Hooked on power, avarice beyond porcine
Slaughter’s their calling, oozing rage - rabid canines
Slashing fellow humans forlorn, down ‘n supine
Stabbing persons, like mad porcupines
Baring pointed teeth like fierce felines
Mercy lost to greed, as rancor poisons restraint
Wrecking bounds set by scruples, humanity’s saint
Mauling all in their trail, killing all, muting complaint
Atop rubbles of conquest, piles of bleeding torsos spent
Crushing lives, warping cultures of folk innocent
‘Tis the tyrants’ souls, not the victims’, ravaged by torment
When Evil’s god, flocks kneel before a kindred deity
Thirsting for pogroms, acquiring stamps of cruelty
Blood tints on hands refuse to wash, devotees’ lasting booty
Like the green of leaves, the blue of the deep briny
Singing in temples, choirs of death, yelling bawdry
Odium twisted to love; god’s love made mockery
Sadism pervades, cruelty ignored, malice venerated
Promises of heaven for killers of the undefended
Hell for innocents, victims nameless ‘n unnoted
Unwitting martyrs’ screams muted by bombs ignited
Infant cries, horrors, tears of blood, parents departed
Death’s blossoming, love’s dying, flowers wilting, colors faded
Tickled by pain, of others thought unfeeling
Deafened by their cruelty, in torture rejoicing
Piling more hurt on victims, alien to those butchering
Raping, plundering, for the might they’re wielding
Cheated by power over humans viewed as sub-beings
Yelling love, in shrines of doom ‘n lethal conniving
Death peddled as salvation; pain sold as beneficial
Theft endorsed, as victims made inconsequential
Whither god of love? Forsaking thy mortals to thy evil rival
Love will prevail, say all scriptures, beings await its arrival
Patiently for millennia, or promises just contrived babble?
Weaklings succumbing to evil with no shot at battle?
Save the species from destruction
Shield the planet from extinction
Hum peace for all, sing hate to none
Diversity’s wealth, sameness be gone
Hope to crave, amity to grab
Lives to live, blisses to swab
22 July 2019
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