I

 In Our Own Realm

How does love turn into hate

All these colors you’ve laid on my plate

Perhaps I’ll figure it out on some future date

The tendency of human nature to desecrate,

We existed in our own realm

While outside forces were at the helm

It seems all that was good was overwhelmed

Seeking sanctuary beneath a canopy of elms,

The miracle of all that grows

The basis of all evil El Diablo

The enemy no one seems to know

Constantly countering the blows,

Should have known better but instead

Like flaunting the dawn of the dead

It’s the battle of wits that they dread

Who forgot the blessing of their daily bread?

Twisting reality for the sake of an elite few

With the tongue of a serpent all askew

Entities hover above the morning dew

Going unnoticed within the human zoo,

I tackled the evil one in a dream

Fought all of the diabolical schemes

Resisted coming apart at the seams

So long ago I lost my self-esteem,

Evolving in a changing atmosphere

Where like cancer they spread fear

The sheep so easily deceived by the veneer

Refusing to look at their reflections in the mirror.