From the Tree of Evil Into Earth Its Broken Bough

From The Tree Of Evil Into Earth Its Broken Bough From the tree of evil into earth its broken bough Power and pain such fertile seed for its black-plow And the evil fruit consumed by all of mankind Hunger that sets the dark into the human mind Flies so deftly with demon spawn upon its wings Defies logic, presented as mere stranger things Woe to those that see not the brilliancy of Poe Not seeing, his dark verses were not just for show! We mortals that think we are far above it all Walk in our blindness, hearing not such monsters call Master Poe warns of Raven, we think it so cute Our disbelief lies at evil tree's longest root And repugnant plaguing shadows born from its fruit Those that enter victim's homes to life so disrupt Such as is that deep blindness that truth so corrupts And may in some way bring life's end far too abrupt! Master Poe of such a plaguing curse had to fight He that despite his knowledge-had no peace at night Man, a prisoner to the beast in his own home Malevolent menace there, Raven free to roam. From the tree of evil into earth its broken bough Power and pain such fertile seed for its black-plow And the evil fruit consumed by all of mankind Hunger that sets the dark into the human mind. Robert J. Lindley, 7-16- 2021 Rhyme, ( Wherein the seeds of evil dwells ) In quibus habitat per mala semina.