Stevie Smith




I Was So Full…

I was so full of love and joy
There was not enough people to love,
So I said: Let there be God,
Then there was God above.

I was so full of anger and hate
To be hated was not enough people,
So I said: Let there be a Devil to hate,
Then down below was the Devil.

These persons have worked very much in my mind
And by being not true, have made me unkind,
So now I say: Away with them, away; we should
Not believe fairy stories if we wish to be good.

Think of them as persons from the fairy wood.