A creature under the ice, wondering at an airy realm
Bright but mysteriously unreachable
Though dying, born forever;
Said abomination a thing embedded like purpose,
A flaw conceived by some deeper art
Guarded in the divine
To exist as a monster is no less to be used
In the business of ultimate ends
As the author writes a villain, so too
What is the story of nature without her brokenworks?
Cruelty would not exist without some hunger
To give it animus first, but this
An original cruelty then; that cruelty
Would exist at all
To taste such bitter wine
From a forsaken land: knowledge
Walls of solid divide are the luxury of those
Who’ve lived without ever being alive;
Some kind of dream world graced to those who
Sleep eternally
While the awakened startle to this by
Ugly nightmare
AUTHOR BIO: John Xavier is primarily a writer of poetry but his published works include philosophical texts, book reviews, short stories and, recently, a novel: Thyrsus Falling. This and other writings can be found at his WordPress: https://aegisnoise.wordpress.com
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