HAIKU: DEEDS OF THE DEMON

By Charles Robert Lindholm 

Deeds Of The Demon

Battle Cry (revisited)

some days i worry

whether my humble friendship

my love for you

my faith in you

is strong enough

fierce enough

to fill you with light

Monster ?

Nail the mewling monster to the door

With red-hot iron dogs and

Be not gentle with the sledge

That drives them home

Through bone and sinew.

If it pleads, tries to explain;