Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Beware the Parseltongue

 









One is a sly parseltongue.

He lies like a snake in the grass.

He undulates charm while threatening harm;

the color of skin hides the poison within—

he truly is evil ‘unmasked’

 

The other, a man of his word

who struggles, at times, to be heard

moral and kind is such a rare find

no need to insult, or to have his own cult

and rarely, his anger incurred.

 

The difference is like day and night,

we watch and hope fate intervenes.

Which one will hold sway at the end of the day?

Will kindness rebound and the other leave town?

Our future remains to be seen

 

© Ginny Brannan 2024

 

 Day 16 Writers.com Write about two opposing yet co-existing realities.

 

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