RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
The Beast
There is a beast that lives within
the heart of every gentle being
from Mahatma Gandhi to Mother Teresa
from Saint Peter to Saint Paul
The gentler the being the fiercer
The internal beast
In the course of our daily lives
We may never see the beast
We may then conclude the beast
does not exist
but when cornered and aroused
the beast emerges from its hiding
The beast shakes mountains with its roar
The beast erupts like Mount Vesuvius
Toppling towers and cracking dams
Reducing cities to rubble
Marking a trail of destruction
A warning to all lords of aggression:
Do not feed the beast
Do not taunt it with you poison tongue
Do not push it to the breaking
Leave the beast be
Not even the gods know what happens
when the beast is unleashed
Let it rest in peace
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