Evil

“The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.” ~ Alexander Solzhenitsyn Call me outspoken, blunt, forthright, But I’ll say it as it is, Straight-from-the-shoulder, No wishy-washy, no beating around the bush; It might hurt some feelings, upset a few but freely I speak my mind and no preview… The only solution is to tell it like it is, Only way to make a clean breast of it. Man, they say, is made in the image of God, But inherently he is more malicious than the beast-- The epitome of evil. Lurking in him is A Jihadi, a Crusader, an Inquisitor, A rapist, a ravager, a marauder, a warmonger— The very incarnation of the Devil! Man is godly albeit with the beastly instincts, Universally perceptive albeit narcissist in nature, Benevolent yet bedeviled by his demons Eternally yearning for salvation yet intrinsically entangled in a web of self-delusion, Neither able to adapt to the earth nor earn the paradise, Garnering good deeds but scattering them to the winds; God must surely rue the day He created man! ~02/10/23 ~Contest: Writing challenge "E" word ~Sponsor: Constance La France