The Fight That Changed the World
Satan licked his chops in perverse anticipation
His excitement reached an unprecedented level
culminating in a deranged euphoria
that invigorated the evil energies within
He smiled in an unnervingly sinister manner
as he stepped forward into the darkness
He had been waiting for this opportunity
since, essentially, the beginning of time
As Satan moved forward,
he saw a figure huddling and shivering
in the furthest corner of the room, apparently frightened
It was God.
As he advanced upon the figure,
Satan felt immensely empowered
As he gravitated toward his nemesis,
The Devil could sense the fear that now saturated the atmosphere
As each second passed, the figure on the ground
appeared to grow weaker----
as if every step that Satan took was another wound
inflicted upon God's frail body
After yet another step forward,
Satan withdrew his whip
and began to viciously attack God
kicking him in the face and throat
and every time the Lord screamed in agony from the lashings
After what seemed like an eternity, Satan put down his whip
and began to admire what he considered his greatest achievement
But before he could fully appreciate what he had done,
he suddenly experienced a terrifyingly foreign emotion,
setting off a physiological reaction that consumed his entire being...
for the first time in existence, Satan was remorseful
He quickly bent down to tend to God's wounds
which had become quite extensive in nature
The Lord's face, for example,
was bloodied beyond recognition
But before Satan could reach the Lord,
God astonishingly sprung to his feet and
stabbed the Devil through the heart
As the dagger pierced Satan's heart,
God looked into the Devil's eyes
and saw that Satan had felt remorse for his viciousness
before being abruptly murdered
If God had faith in his own ability
to convert sinners into agents of virtue
(even Satan, the embodiment of pure evil)
then he would not have stabbed the Devil
and consequently, Satan's transformation of conscience would have been complete
due to his sudden remorse and implicit compassion
Such an event would've, inevitably, eliminated the concept of evil
from the collective consciousness of humanity
Realizing his grave and untimely error,
God turned the knife on himself
with one swift stroke across the neck
As he fell to the ground,
the world collapsed into a state of mass ambiguity
where good and evil were intertwined, convoluted and unclear
It has remained the same ever since..
Copyright © Sean Nielsen | Year Posted 2020
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