Yoni Dvorkis Poet Diamante

The Darkness In the Human Heart

.                      Hate
              violent, monstrous
       blinding, frightening, disgusting
prejudice, murder, deflection, projection
       blaming, shaming, fingerpointing
            confusion, repression
                      Denial


Of the darkness we mustn't speak
Lest it rears its ugly head
To devour all in its path
In a frenzy of self destruction

Yet it is this darkness I seek
Quarantine the living dead
Contrast love from horror's wrath
And call it the human condition

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Adeleke Adeite July 11, 2009 at 7:44 AM Hey, I love your theme, thrust & tone.What a wonderful piece! You are such a great poet. Please keep writing & congratulations on your excellent piece being featured dis week. Great you Yoni!

Raul Moreno July 9, 2009 at 11:30 PM Yoni, congrats on your feature...Raul

Sue Mason July 9, 2009 at 8:47 AM Beautifully done, Yoni. Your use of the form in the beginning of the write is excellent. This is a well-deserved selection to be featured this week at the Soup. Congratulations!

Ashley Yates July 8, 2009 at 9:24 PM You do have a way with the dark words, very provoking and emotional... Gives us alot to think about... Great write! Congrads on having it featured!

Vince Suzadail Jr. July 8, 2009 at 7:54 PM It would be self defeating to call it the "inhuman" condition. Excellent thought provoking write. Congrats on having it featured. Vince

Sara Kendrick July 8, 2009 at 10:10 AM This wraps up the human condition. It is either or love or hate no inbetween. Sara

July 6, 2009 at 2:23 PM The melding of two different forms in this piece leaves the reader with much to think about. Congratulations on having your poem featured! Keep up the good writing. Wishing you cotinued success. Karen

Laura Mckenzie July 6, 2009 at 12:20 PM Well done ! Congratulations on your featured poem! Laura :)

James Fraser July 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM Congratulations on your featured poem>>James

Carol Sunshine Brown July 6, 2009 at 6:02 AM Congratulations on your featured poem this week Yoni. Awesome write. May you have many more. Love, Carol

Ernilando Tugaff July 5, 2009 at 11:25 PM Congratulations on being featured this week. God bless and more success. Ernilando

Jay Loveless May 20, 2009 at 11:07 AM Awesome Write. You Write Some Twisted Poems Too Dont You? I, I Have To Keep What Happened To Me A Secret To Some People, However, I Find It Easier To Talk About My Past Now That I Have Accepted It, And That It Is Just My Past, Something That Cannot Be Changed. I Dont Do Denile. That Didnt Work Out For Me When I Tried. It Made It Hurt Worse, Becuase Though It May Be Easy To Lie To Others, Its Not So Easy Lying To Yourself. Thankyou For The Comments. ~Jessica

Charles Fuller May 10, 2009 at 5:34 PM WOW!!! Like a freight train. This is really a darkly powerful piece...eye opening and thought provoking. I really admire this piece. My very best to you. ~Charlie

Rhia Madison Thomer May 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM very beautiful piece, very interesting, but amazing. good thing i already consider myself to be of the living dead. loved this! --madison

Carolyn Devonshire May 9, 2009 at 10:36 PM You have mail

Carolyn Devonshire May 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM There was a lot of "darkness" on the Soup last night, Yoni, including many of the words in your first verse. If this is the "human condition," I'd rather be quarantined with "the living dead." Very interesting and thought-provoking write! Love, Carolyn

Yoni Dvorkis May 9, 2009 at 10:15 PM Special thanks to Ruben Ortellao for his poem 'Alternative Addiction' which introduced/instructed me in this form.