8 Forked Serpent

love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you -

the Jack in the beanstalk who strangles, rapes and exterminates mankind -

To love as Christ loves us;
this is our highest mandate.

In my despairing war and cry, I mourn,

"What kind of justice God is this to love  an animal that plunders and butchers;
that chops the head from a human frame.

How do we love a Chimera who gobbles the meal of the famished;
the Orochi who wears the labour of the people as embroided gowns;
then parades her adornment of gold and precious stones;
the warlock that mangles then exanguinates the victims -

how can we be asked to show mercy to a beast who preys on the vulnerabilities of the defenceless.

God if this love is at all possible please fill us now so that we may live the remainder of our lives in peace,

even if now is then -

let the nights rest set in
for our hearts love not them
whose deeds we loathe -
and faces we spit on.

What bittersweet love is this
that you show and
bequeath to us -

that you require of us -

(C) Jambiya
"The power of words"