Trapped in the realm of the senses

We are pulled back and forth,
exposed to situations
in which we take sides
as so-called good people,
in situations on the battlefield
of good and evil,
without realising
how emotions are being teased out,
within the attitude of goodness and justice,
which influence us terribly,
trigger violence and hatred within us,
drag us there
where the good in us remains
only as an illusion
in truth leads us
into the trap of evil
because an eye for an eye,
a tooth for a tooth
has the same source…

Anonymous writer