On the non-intelligence of evil

When presented with good,
evil, actually, can’t even remember
what it was thinking

It can string impressions together
in the echo of itself against itself,
in the escalation of provocation

It can lance forward
with its narrative of
good as the other edge of itself
(self righteous and indignant)
as that which justifies its bellicosity

But good – real good, pure good,
the one that never justifies
and never is provoked,
that always wishes well
and always blesses –

Evil can’t stand before it,
because, in the face of good,
it can’t think of anything,
can’t imagine what, besides good,
it could have wanted.
In the face of good,
evil drops itself entirely,
and we reach out, innocent,
to take the prize.

©Wendy Mulhern
May 26, 2021

Today I Offer

Today I offer you the only good that is,
the good that is One, the good that is All

Today I offer you
the good that has no terror in it,
no separation, no conditions —
the good that is right here,
not held at arm’s length
for you to leap for and be laughed at,
the good that you could never fail
to breathe in, to embody

Today I offer you
the good that has no dark side,
that spreads its loving touch
to every entity — that makes them melt
in love, in joy, in grateful strong surrender,
and no one is a horrible example,
for all are needed in the true design

Today I offer you
the good that changes history,
replacing blame, regret, remorse
with sweet returning green,
with fragrance and with flowering,
the growth circle of being.

©Wendy Mulhern
July 8, 2019