Insidious

Open then your eyes
And you will thus see:
Loss in those hoarse highs
Thrill insidious spree.


Do not seek escape
For fate torments strain:
In a wild charade
That clusters more pain.


Do not run away
Into distraction:
For this is the day
To find extraction.


Evil wears a smile
Sly as motive hell:
Breakaway with style
To shores love can dwell.


Crafty cunning schemes
Upon idle minds:
Vile intent frames theme,
Primes insidious finds.


Do not be afraid
Of pain that now spills:
Purge all sense of dread,
Let peace of mind fill.


If your soul must win
Discern the wise way;
Gulp that tonic gin,
Blossom fitful play.




Leon Enriquez
25 May 2017
Singapore
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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