This is my response to the D’Verse poetry challenge around paradox.
I am the mother of deserved sorrows
I am the ender of the grief.
I am violator of the rapists
I am the robber of the thief.
I am killer of the killers,
I am the harbinger of fate.
I am the slayer of the ‘innocent’
that breached the children’s gate.
I am the puncher of the punchers
that break a woman’s face.
I am the Lord High re-positioner
that puts them in their place.
I am the fleecer of the businesses
that live by telling lies.
I leave their empty bank accounts
to the mercy of the flies.
I am the new messiah
that brings preachers to their knees
and opens up their honeypots
to the faithful’s bees.
I am the paradox of virtue
wrapped in the cloak of vice.
The warm blood of the evil
no match for veins of ice.
Six Crooked Highways 
Ah yes, the paradox of the vigilante. Excellent rhyme and meter.
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Many thanks, Ron
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Virtuous revenge is very sweet! I think it could work..
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Thanks, Janet. Did you have someone in mind? 🙂
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you did well with the Dunbar lines and then soared some – so many great paradoxical lines I can imagine Dylan signing this
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Thanks, Laura. And I imagine you meant singing but I’d settle for Dylan signing it. 🙂
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my typos get worse with age!
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🙂 Join the flub.
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Lord High rep-ositioner- craftily done.
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My hero! Vigilantes are a breed by themselves, but without them, so many victims would go on believing they somehow deserved their fate at the hands of evil. I used to feel like a vigilante more than a little in my old job. I was hated by so many parents! Like RR said above, excellent rhyme and meter.
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Is there virtue in violence…? maybe there is, but I always fear that being both judge and executioner is a dangerous path.
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Indeed, Bjorn, and I am not advocating that as a solution to anything. However I fear a growing number of people are starting to think that the protections the virtuous once had are fading as the protections of the non-virtuous grow. Once that happens, things begin to unravel very quickly.
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The making right is never ending — bravo to those who so endeavor! Powerful piece!
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Thanks, Rob
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Wow, Doug. Back and forth; stepping along in a juxtaposedly happy meter.
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Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
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Excellent piece of writing, Doug!
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Much appreciated. Thank you.
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Wowza, Doug! I’m nearly speechless, but the heroic power of the vanquisher truly cheered my spirit. Most of my devout faith in God/Christ comes from my need of a hero to right the abuses I’ve endured…even if it means waiting for Eternity to know it’s a done deal. You are a poet nonpareil…had to Follow 🙂
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Now you’re making me blush but many thanks. 🙂
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Blushing’s good–means your heart’s still pumping blood! 🙂
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