Nefarious Spirit
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Author's Notes: "Nefarious Spirit" is a couplet poem I completed on March 8, 2018. The theme of this poem takes the reader through a walk on the dark-side of the human psyche, and in certain respects, the darker aspect of human nature. I would naturally expect the reader to form his or her own conclusions about this write and what it portrays relevant to the poem's protagonist, to whom I refer to as the "Human Creature," which can be specifically likened to a man or a woman or both, and to the species order of mankind (humankind) in general. (Gary Bateman -- March 8, 2018) (Couplet)
Theme Categories: dark, emotions, evil, feelings, metaphor, spiritual, and symbolism.
Nefarious Spirit
The Human Creature is not exempt
As the nefarious spirit lives within.
Even the saintliest of us all have
A touch of the nefarious within.
My secret is that I am with you always—
When you’re awake, asleep, and dreaming.
I am your alter ego at times and even
That dark shadow in the room beyond.
When you gaze into your morning mirror—
I am there too as only a faintly bare existence.
Don’t look too hard and too deeply into the mirror—
For I shall disappoint, become invisible, and disappear.
In your evil-thinking moments of anger and rage,
I shall hunt others for you at your behest and desire.
But I shall haunt you and surely play on your emotions,
If you’re wrong about the others, no matter who they be.
Being an uncanny spirit of action, sorrow, and chaos
I can act on a moment’s notice and bring pain to bear.
I live in the deepest, darkest chasm of your inner psyche,
Be sure to use me wisely—whilst showing all due care!
Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
March 8, 2018 (Couplet)
Copyright © Gary Bateman | Year Posted 2018
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