Turn Back, O Child
by Br. David Kaczmarek, TOR


Touch a hot pan,
get burned;
give someone a hot pan
to touch�
and it�s evil.
And that�s how evil works,
dressing up as �not-evil�
or being dressed up
as �less-evil�.
But evil doesn�t like
being less than it is.
So dress it up
and it tears away the pretty things
to show its awesome lack�
or call it by a nice name
and it utters back itself, ten-fold.
There is no deafness to evil�s shouts,
no putting-off its black appointment.
For it thrives on doubts
about its very self
and embraces all
it claims to help.
Best leave it to die,
of loneliness unfelt.






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