Mason Verger Poem by Ramona Thompson

Inspired by a character featured in the film, Hannibal

Maybe if he will let me I can start to heal the scars he carries so deep inside
A loving fellow human being's touch may truely be all that the devil needs to stir the angel hidden within
So I will try at least once to save him from himself
Oh so cruel and misunderstood
No man, woman, or child deserves the kind of Godforsaken suffering that he has endured all these years

Virgin truth and honest caring is offered to fill the terrible
Empty places his life has left broken in his once gentle soul
Ravaged over time by thoughts of revenge, demented fetishes and demonic worst wishes
Everything he could have once been in his kinder youth may not be so far gone after all
Remember all you snobby ones out there

Remember this
For now and for always
So that your wicked eyes may too be opened to God's much wiser than human wisdom

Even monsters of the cruelest kind need love sometimes

2008 Ramona Thompson