The Human Excuse

I cry,

I hate,

I catch innocence in my bait;

 

I'm rotten,

I'm evil,

I'm the wicked one who is evil;

 

I make mistakes,

I make them again,

Though this time, I only feign;

 

I drown,

I burn,

But I am too terrified to run;

 

My laugh is sinister,

My smile is aberrant,

My heart, too black and errant;

 

I kiss and tell,

I dishonour honest men,

And my excuse, is that I am only human.