They only see the darkness

Allow it to consume

Never realizing where

That whisper they heed

Arises

They spout scripture

As a curse

Dragging their God

Into murky crafts

Forgetting redemption

Prayers driven by bitterness

And faith twisted

Into poison

Never quite reaching

Its target

But wreaking destruction

On its holder:

The one who turns toward

Dark wishes

And rejects

The promises of love ~ Caroline A. Slee