Probably no, Probably yes.

I just uploaded this poem/philosophic argument for the prose app contest whose winner will be published on their soon to be released book. The contest was based on writing more than 500 words explaining the relationship between two things. So this is mine, it's about the relationship between Good and Evil and I worked so hard on it I would like to share it with you guys.

PROBABLY NO, PROBABLY YES.

Evil and kindness are placed on a continuum,

both marking the end of opposite sides.

Is like a giant ruler or a thermometer,

that measures how far you are from either one.

At the highest end you can find a heaven.

At the lower, a damned burning hell.

And on the middle, a mixture of forces, a controversial place that we call: The earth.

We tend to think that one completely excludes the other;

That the good could never be mixed with the bad.

But humanity is filled with complex compounds;

chemical forces that interact.

So while you are alive you can't be one or the other;

But a relative blend of lows and highs.

A saline solution of solutes and solvents

that are always in a constant fight.

Many times we've asked, how could someone be so wicked?

How could a human ever act that way?

We place pounds of judgement over others' actions,

without truly trying to get to understand.

Why?

Are we good or bad?

Well maybe we are both, or neither one.

Maybe there are demons and Angels within ourselves.

Under excuses the homo-sapiens race

is able to do the most outrageous stuff.

Atrocious actions, so out of control,

like taking away the life of innocent souls.

Children and people that've done nothing wrong,

must bear the consequences of wars and conflicts.

They can't plead innocent or guilty before they become convicts.

Others construct arms under the ideal of self defense;

Which then propagate like viruses and are used for completely different or distorted reasons.

Some hurt for ideals, others for religions,

and some for drugs.

Some for heartbreak, passion, money, or gold.

Some take vengeance, others kill to defend what they have to say.

There are millions of ways to be completely unfair.

Then there is the insane, the psychopathologic murderers,

that point a gun on their victim's head

and mercilessly kill them without regret.

But even these monsters have once been scared, and there most be at least one person for whom they care.

Then we have the less extreme cases of abuse;

The ones in which problems arise from different roots.

Sometimes is the lack of self-love that gets in the way of someone who genuinely wants to be fair;

Like the father who rejects his son for being gay,

Or the guy that cheats on his girlfriend with another girl.

Or the boy that is so desperate to belong somewhere, that becomes a part of a gang.

Or the mother that doesn't know how to talk to her girl, and calls her "fat" or "ugly" based on some incorrect criteria;

Causing on her daughter anorexia and bulimia.

But what about these, do they really understand the harm?

Are their intentions good, or just simple mistakes?

Aren't they capable of goodness as well?

Probably yes.

The homophobic father,

was he raised under a religion that considered homosexuality a sin?

Why would he reject the son he has raised and provided for all those years?

Or the cheater, was he pressured or convinced by friends?

Why would he hurt the girl he hugs at night everyday?

Or the boy, was he abandoned by his parents?

Why would he become a gangster when all he wants is a friend?

Or the mother, was she just scared for her daughter?

Was that her ignorant way to protect her from bullies?

Humanity is a paradox, an interaction of good an evil inhabiting in one place.

In which actions and words constantly contradict themselves.

Yet to make the relation between benevolence and wickedness more complex;

What about the unselfish acts of charitable events?

Or the altruistic spirits that recollect for the poor?

Or the sweet aunt that pays for her niece's school?

Or the sacrifices a single mother makes so she can feed her girls?

Or the parent that dies by protecting its child from being raped?

Or the suffering of a teenage couple that places it's baby for adoption, just to give it the option of having a better life?

Are they capable of sinful acts as well?

Probably yes.

The generous man who donates for a cause, can also be a husband who hits his wife.

And the good aunt with strong family bonds, could be a manufacturer of bombs.

Or the mother who stays strong for her daughters, could also be a drug importer.

Or the deceased parent killed by a pedophile, could have been the one who robbed a bank.

And the teens of sorrowful mistakes, may be the bullies that messed up with others' heads.

So we go back to the idea of the measurement scale;

To which degree of evil and kindness do all of these pertain?

What leads them to live in this duality between two states?

Is it in our human nature to act this way?

Is the interaction of these energies unavoidable?

Do we have the right to judge a crime for which we're all responsible?

Probably no, probably yes.

It remains a mystery until this day.

- Adriana C Nava S-

@writingisimmortality