Ugliness
Ugliness lingers
when beauty is gone
much further divided
than dusk is from dawn
I reference not
the figure or face
but rather the heart
of our lost human race
We fancy ourselves
as noble and great
yet treat one another
with hearts full of hate
And day after day
with greater aggression
we bind ourselves up
in cords of oppression
The beasts of the field
know nothing of pride
They neither plot murders
nor plan suicide
No animal exploits
another for gain
The Earth never blackmails
the sky for her rain
Has any man witnessed
the bigotry of
the trees or the grass
or a self righteous dove?
So, right is now wrong
and truth is a lie
since when we first heard
we won't surely die
And ugliness is
what beauty once was
And man is now praised
for the evil he does
Copyright © Michael Wise | Year Posted 2019
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