Friday, July 16, 2010

The Power of Darkness


Are there dark powers
and devils and evil spirits
set loose in the world?

No. They're just ghosts
of our fears of not lasting.

3 comments:

Dr. Mike said...

Czeslaw Milosz

God may not exist,
But if you look at history
Of this century
With its human ovens, there’s
No doubt about the Devil!

[Disposable Tanka July 16, 2010]
Dr. Mike

Fiat Lex said...

Your own shadow looms
on the wall; through it something
scuttles. Rats, diseased.
Soon you rash, fever--swelling
as cities fall around you.

You say, "my shadow
brought forth all this destruction;
this evil's in me."
And you are exactly right.
And you are exactly wrong.

HK Stewart said...

Exactly.