I won't be stirred up into hate.
I see what you are doing
With your potion.
You take a pinch of this and a handful of that,
Dark, hate-filled nuggets that you have stored
In your heart and deposited
On your shelf, trapped
Airless or in drowning brine,
Waiting for the moment
That you release them from their confines.
I see you, standing, mixing,
Spiteful-faced, your need for admiration
A smear on your features.
I wonder:
What do you hope to gain from your strange brew?
Destructive acolytes?
Disturbed sycophants?
You must need this to fill you, I think,
This red fire of others.
You must be empty, a hollowed out chamber,
Vacuous -
A void to avoid.
Black, black, absorbing black,
Adding to your hate pile
With your preening and your posturing.
I watch you like you are an evil spirit.
You must have cast a spell
Because how can it be
That someone so monstrous, so false
Can hold the thrall of so many?
About the Creator
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Comments (12)
How indeed. A question for the ages and certainly one that I cannot answer. Excellent and timely poem, Rachel!
Well-wrought! I always say: we only ever accrue it to give it away, but some don't know they can't take it with them, so they keep taking it into themselves instead.
A deep exposé, Rachel, but delightful. Well done.
Ugh, why do people like this exist? I wake up in the morning wanting to make this day brighter for us all… and then there’s this lot. Why waste your life like this? I’ll never understand
Repetition of lies & faux outrage, the only tools he's got.
Damn. I felt this so much. It’s funny how some toxic people are able to pull the wool over people’s eyes. Great poem Rachel.
Ooooooo! I'm sure this is completely fictional but I love that this kind of has real world applications!! Well done, Rachel!!
Daahlink Rd - I just 'Comtemplate' how 'Strange' it is that you find the time to put out all of this between washes..! j.bud.in.la.
I love the “void to avoid” line. Well done
Like a black hole drawing out the darkness of others. It is some dark, cosmic level witchcraft. Well done!
So well said “ I see you, standing, mixing, Spiteful-faced, your need for admiration A smear on your features.”🥹😵💫
Oooo, a void to avoid, I especially loved that!