HELLO DARKNESS
Darkness fell
She tripped over the light
Her ego swelled
Took another bite
With desire to lead
Her narrow view
An insatiable need
Followed the few
Holding the gold
Reserving the meat
Inheritance sold
Surviving to cheat
Spewing the lies
Condemning the flocks
On less fortunate spies
Other’s opinions she mocks
Self righteous
And bold
Superstitious
Do as you’re told
Darkness is blind
Supercilious unkind
Having her way
Everyday and today
Without harshness
Could there be light?
Without Darkness
Would there be sight?
hairbyrobert 
Excellent allegory, R.
Thank you Sam, for coming here, reading and commenting.
Cheers,
R.
just lovely Robert … ‘your’ told sld be ‘you’re’ told. Sorry to be a grammar nazi but it’s such a lovely piece with this teeny something….
Thank you Susan, for reading, proof reading and commenting – that damned auto-correct.
Cheers,
Robert
Hi,
How true. Without darkness, there would be no light and without harshness no one would know the difference between it and kindness. Sometimes we forget this as your poem so aptly points out. We seek the happy ever after never, never land here on earth and forget that many of us are people who refuse to love; instead we hate, and thus, we spread the darkness by not letting light come within us.
I enjoyed thinking over your poem. There are some of your poems that come into my computer, and I see the title and know yes this is one where I must think it over and find its relationship to me.
Thanks for sharing the words you encounter with us all.
Shalom,
Patricia
Dearest Patricia,
Thank so much for taking time from your work to come here and so thoughtfully comment.
Cheers,
R.