In response to The Daily Post prompt Wicked Witch
Write about evil: how you understand it (or don’t), what you think it means, or a way it’s manifested, either in the world at large or in your life.
Evil lies at every door!
Sneaky and eager to slip in,
When the door is left unlocked,
Evil slips in unwatched!
In each of us exists a Jekyll and Hyde,
Always a tussle between Good and Bad,
Who wins is left for you to say,
Because, indeed, evil lies at the door!
She doesn’t look like the wicked witch from East-wick,
Neither does she resemble the witch from Far East,
But resides in all those, with malevolent eyes,
Indeed, evil lies at the door!
She needs not have a hooked, pimply nose,
Nor cast spells over,
Pots of mumbo-jumbo,
A minutes delay, the spell is done,
Indeed, evil slips in through the door!
S/he comes well packaged in lovely gift wraps,
S/he comes sensuous, sleek with soft touch,
Glossy and sweet, like everything nice,
A little taste and then its doom,
Indeed, evil lies at the door!
S/he needs no crooked black hat,
Nor a black cat that spits with squinted eyes,
She needs no broom,
To get her vroom,
Yes indeed, evil lies at the door!
At the door of an unrepentant heart,
With no sense of remorse!
At the door of wicked pleasure,
From others pain and misery!
At the door of abuse, loneliness, violence and more,
Yes indeed, evil lies at the door!
Guard your hearts and minds!
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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Oh Jacqueline! This is delicious. ‘An unrepentant heart’ certainly can cause mischief and misery to others.
Well done.
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Thank you for your gracious words JoHanna 🙂
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Oh, your website where you speak such human truths that few of us want to consider, and we must all face because we are of the human species, is my pleasure and honor. Peace and blessings always to you dear.
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Thank you so much for these kind words. They truly touch me in a warm me. Blessings to you too.
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Loved it! 🙂
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Jacqueline, surely this is a God-inspired warning. I’m not sure if I will write on this topic, but I would like to do so and link to this. We are told that Moses rejected the fleeting pleasures of sin. Shrewd man to recognize evil in the palaces of Pharoah!
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I would love to read what you write on it 🙂 It was so easy for him to have been consumed by sin right at the doorstep of Pharaoh’s palace.
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I would like to read what you write on it 🙂
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Jacqueline, that’s a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you too Sir Joel for your time and your lovely comments.
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This is great…thank you for sharing! 😀
Have a good day ahead:)
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You too my dear 🙂
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🙂
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yes yes yes! Evil lies at the door, I can see it through the peephole. Great Post Jacqueline
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This is fantastic writing Jacqueline….it’s really neat how the main idea [evil] kinda has a Halloween feel to it because of your mention of “witches”. It’s a fun way to read about a serious and true subject.
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Sometimes, when we take all the fun out of life it just becomes too dour and cumbersome. Thanks my dear one.
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Wonderful and yes a battle between good and evil! Old as time
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Thanks my Lady 🙂
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Haha! Love this! So creatively written with such an impactful message – so true!
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Thanks Kelly for seeing the hidden message 🙂 I appreciate your comments.
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My pleasure!
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🙂
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Great post!
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Thank you 🙂
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Evil is so tricky like that. To just waltz into our lives so dressed up in fashionable robes of benevolence. How rude.
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:);) if they showed their true-selves when we peep through the peep-hole, we will not open the door
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Oh how true. We would slam it in their face…
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Precisely! So, they conceal and sneak in!
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