“EVIL MEN”

By Dhruv Patel

I am an evil man, with evil thoughts,

in those thoughts, lies lies.

lies about rejection of the truth,

paradoxes that make up my mind.

I am an evil man, with evil thoughts,

verge of those thoughts,

lies a blurry periphery of sort.

mixing truth, righteousness,

and everything in betwixt.

tormented existence, burdened obligations,

thriving to survive, an ocean of tragedy.

I am an evil man, with evil thoughts,

and in those thoughts, the evil man dies,

I was an evil man, with evil thoughts,

thoughts, I never acted upon.

forgive me, the patient in rehab,

to have thought, and showed defiance,

to you gods, your wealth, your inhumanity.

I was an evil man, with evil thoughts,

now dead, lying in cold,

though you, you are the death of me,

the roots, the cause, of evil and me.

By Dhruv Patel