Evil

ˈēvəl

adjective – profoundly immoral and wicked.
adjective – (of a smell or sight) extremely unpleasant.
noun – profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

how much misery

how much misery 
derives from evils that will 
never come to pass

fight monsters with care 
lest you become the object 
you seek to destroy

what is more lofty 
than for a hundred men to 
march forward to death

no evil pleasure
but grant it supremacy
and evil strolls in

how can i vanquish
what evil may fall if i first
incline to pleasure

the rarest nightmare
is raw malice combined with
vast intelligence

the evil genius
is a cultural icon
for a good reason

never attribute
to malice that which may rise
from incompetence

i begged for mercy
but all i heard was silence
while i bled to death