On Gods and Goddesses

[Three Goddesses image from crystallinks.com]

I read that

some Taoists believe

each of us has gods

and goddesses

living inside us.

When we are kind

and are good

to ourselves,

and to others,

they are well pleased.

When we are unkind,

or abuse ourselves,

or others,

they get up and leave.

Perhaps that is

what has gone wrong

with some of our

more sinister

fellow humans,

why it is possible

for them to

commit

such unthinkable

acts.

They first lost

their kindness

to self,

then to others,

 then lost their way,

and,

in despair,

lacking hope,

their deities

have left them.