violence, hate, robbery,
destruction and death
Search for hope in the depths
in the outrage and despair
can love really triumph over hate?
Read talk of orcs, though human beings
do such things as these
no beast would think of them
See the futile hate of my own heart
clenched fists at the screen
rage in safety and comfort and peace
See our kinship with all humanity
do not give way to the murderous heart
do not join in with the evil
Search for hope in the depths
in the outrage and despair
can love really triumph over hate?
Edward Rhodes (2022)
