Darkness

What is darker than a mind closed tight

against the illumination of Truth’s pure light?

There misinformation can root and hold sway,

lurking in shadows throughout the day

to emerge with insinuation and artful guile,

fangs half-bared in a duplicitous smile;

whispering and lying, it works to deceive

unwary souls who naively believe

poisonous untruths it deftly weaves.

©12/3/2003 Thurman P. Woodfork