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(220-221) Works Of Love

 Part Two II

Mistrust And Evil

 

Our human vision is limited

In the scope of its dimensions

Mistrust makes it more primitive

With its doubts of life's intentions

We can choose our own perspectives

Thus escape a world of shadows

Make sure we are reflective

To see all that love allows

 

Those of us who believe in nothing

Are prone to believe in evil

To fill our emptiness with something

And to keep our deep fear still

When we choose no good to see

Then all of us see all's bad

This breeds contempt for you and me

Such prevailing evil can drive us mad

 

We are surrounded by innocence

Even by human nobility

When these things we see as nonsense

We abandon our faith's humility

To see beyond the pasteboard masks

And find the beauty therein contained

Love believes in all to fulfill this task

Mistrust denies all and then complains

 

When we complain of what we choose

Mistrust is self-reflective

Love believes all so it cannot lose

Life's truth in the divine perspective