There is a darkness in the depths of the heart,
A darkness so consuming and overwhelming,
Able to govern the entire human existence: mind, body and soul.
It is ever evolving to deceive its victims,
To pull them by their toes into utmost insanity,
Utter unhappiness and painful disposition.
This darkness pervades all,
Eludes all and in doing so,
Corrupts the ever-pure tabula rasa of the innocent.
The innocent turn dark.
But in their darkness,
For every smile and laugh,
There must be good,
There must be happiness,
There must be light.
It is this light that shines through a heart of darkness,
That is able to pervade through the charred sanctities of life,
That can create the slightest keyhole in a resoundingly locked door,
That gives the will to continue,
To search,
And to live.
In every person's heart there is a candle.
A source of light,
A source of happiness
And of serene peace.
Yet,
*It is only able to serve those who light it.
Experimenting with the views of enlightenment philosophers on the good and evil in all of us. Are we inherently good, bad, corrupted or ignorant?