Accessing the Evil

Author's Note: This piece is a  different form of poetry that I have decided to try. It is called an acrostic poem, and is where the first letter of each line combine to spell out a phrase... see if you can find the message. Basically, this poem is just kind of a wrap-up of the whole message of the novella. I was inspired by the quote, "I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two" (104). I wanted to portray how every man has the choice of natures. Society  suppresses the evil, yet when man gives into the hidden desire the evil can grow and take over, as it did to Jekyll and thus Hyde. 

Millions of people desire that which they cannot have

And some of these people do not even know that which they want

Not knowing allows society to continue on, guarding us from ourselves

Deep down within every being lives a new identity

Enticing, yet a nature that is too evil to dream of

Silently waiting to come and manifest itself
It lives in the solitude of our soul

Resting and waiting for the moment when man falls week to the temptation

Enveloping the poor soul that caves into desire

Seeking for that perfect moment

The moment where the thoughts of evil creeps into every thought

Holding a place of prominence in the mind

Acting upon the weakness that this being has

Taking hostage the once good nature

While the evil begins to consume the once good nature

Halos wage a war amongst the demons within the soul

Ideally the good would win, but the evil has become too strong

Controlling the brain and tarnishing a name

Havoc has taken over this weak-minded being

If only mankind would not indulge in temptation

Society usually abstains, but some do give in to their dual nature

Every person has a decision to make

Vanish the evil from themselves, and do what it is accepted

If that doesn’t happen then the other nature wins

Life is about choices, and choosing the good or the evil happens to be one of them