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Have you ever met your darker self?
The lowest part of you?
What do you do? What do you say?
“Hey there! How are
you?”
Today I met a murderer
The killer inside of me
Yelling, screaming, hollering
A person I thought not to be
You’re looking at me innocently
Living the life that you know
Your hungry belly grumbles
In search of food you go
Your eyes are shining brightly
As your spirit meets with mine
Except that you’re not welcome
In my home at anytime
My animal instinct ignites
As I bash you in the head
You try to get away from me
And soon you will be dead
You should have gone inside the trap
The best and most humane
But it didn’t work that way
And now you face the pain
The meatloaf pan is crashing
As I hear my inner voice
“I do not want to kill you
But you know I have no choice!”
You have invaded my home
With your presence and disease
I have to protect my family
With regret, you meet the killer in me
I watch you take your last breath
I am shaking with naked fear
I did not want to kill you
And I shed a guilty tear
Perhaps you had a message
I am not deaf to
your words
So I thank you for the lesson
Under circumstances absurd
Goodbye little spirit
Could you also warn your kin?
Because if you do not do so
It will be a war they will not win
Today I met my lower self
The killer inside of me
The animal who I never thought
Would ever come to be
©Sherry Irvine – August 11, 2012
And where were you when I needed you?
GEORGE
