Evil
By BigAl
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Every time I read the news I’m told of something bad -
A murder here, a stabbing there and such things make me sad.
Oh, here’s a suicidal man of questionable faith,
He’s blown up loads of people in his great misguided wrath.
Do you believe that there’s a God who oversees these acts -
Who’s focussed on ‘the greater good’ and we can’t see the facts?
That we’re too small to understand the purpose of these things
And when we reach the Day of Judgement final wisdom rings?
Well, I can’t see that little children need to die to show
That we are such a stupid race and we could never know
The deeper meanings of these things and in the eyes of those
Gods in heaven we are only animals in clothes.
Perhaps there’s Evil in the World in every one of us
Scratch the surface – there it is, like dripping awful pus.
We like to think we’re ‘civilized’, our destiny’s assured
Since we did that awful thing to someone we call Lord.
I don’t think that any God would want the World to be
In such a state of awfulness, a state of anarchy.
No God or gods or men from space would countenance a plan
That’s bound to lead us in the end to terminus of Man.
Look at cows and sheep and goats and chickens come to that -
They’re not as stupid as you think – they know just where it’s at.
They grow up with their Mum and Dad who quickly learnt the plan,
That they’re just here to satisfy the appetites of Man.
There is no God for them at all, they live from day to day,
They love their kids, they eat their food and sometimes even play.
They never find the time to do those evil deeds we do,
They’re just too busy living life in ways that we eschew.
Oh yes, there’s Evil in the World – we saw it in the wars
Where stupid people killed their friends and cruelty explored –
‘I was told to do those things’ was late the plaintive cry
As they faced the rope or gun prepared by men to die.
What can we do, just you and I, to stop these awful things?
Can we stamp out Evil ways and deep-felt festerings?
Can we just refuse to bend to wills of nasty men
Who try to tell us what to do, and evil plans defend?
Or do we just submit the way that Man has always done,
To just accept the fact we’re just a tiny One -
Too small to make a difference, and try to show them all.
Certainly not worth the risk, why deal with it at all?
We have to try, we have to make this brotherhood of Man
A race of truly civilised beings if we can.
Time is fast unravelling – the clock is ticking down.
Stop waves of Evil choking us – if not we’ll surely drown.
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