I kill it.

by William Pauley III

I now know the reason why people do bad things.
why good people become savages.
why a man would kill another man.
I now know.

I’m full of fear and hate and ash and death and blood and fists of rage.
Most beg for redemption.
I kill it.

I now know the reason why people hate.
why cancer spreads.
why winter is cold.
I now know.

I can feel the pressure of my black heart damn near beating through my rib cage.
I just want to let it out.
I kill it.

I now know the reason why terror roams free.
why forgiveness is lost.
why hell burns so hot.
I now know.