cruelty knows no bounds

yet the only word is

love

–

to create such savage blood

to fill our cups

to the brim

to sate

such unquenchable thirst

–

untamable flames

burning desire

claiming all

in our

dominion

–

to never know satisfaction

to be ever reaching

ever vying

for a higher rung

to fall

and never know the end

–

chaos

in the demon nursery

fiendish devil spawn

petulant progeny

proliferating

spilling acrid seed

upon the earth

–

cursed with awareness

yet retreating from its sight

–

i

have fallen from grace

lost my religion

disowned much

of my fellow man

–

the only word is

love

–

yet you remain

silent