Loving mankind, loving evil

Loving mankind

Is loving evil

For it be not the suns

descension

That brings forth darkness

Rather, we, the people

That has

stained this beautiful earth

Caring more about material wealth

Than the

wealth of life

Loving mankind

Is loving evil

Man may be

great

But his greatness is to himself

Unlike it be to all others

For he

allows himself to be blinded

By his own greed

Forgetting

That he to be

one with the plants

Not superior to them

Loving mankind

Is loving

evil

It is known to all

Our fears lie not in demons

Nor a devil

For

we be the creators of both

Rather, our fears are of that which looks back at

us in the mirror

A dark plant

That has no truth to its

roots

KESHAN GOVENDER

Ballito