A/N: So, this is my first stab at poetry instead of fanfics. This was written for a school project revolving around the main themes of To Kill A Mockingbird. Enjoy! Please R & R!

Disclaimer: I do not and never will own To Kill A Mockingbird or its characters.

(Atticus P.O.V.)

Good and evil coexist in this world, a

With the good side usually showing. b

But when vile sides of humans become unfurled, a

A dark river of hate will start flowing. b

One by one, humans evolve into dogs, c

And you don't recognize a single soul. d

They howl at night and sing wretched songs c

About the man whose skin is dark like coal. d

Tom Robinson, the man I shall defend, e

And the one that human dogs bark about, f

Is nearing his fateful and bloody end, e

Without so much as a shadow of a doubt. f

One night, the dogs heard their call of the wild g

And became a wolf pack hard to ignore. h

Cunningham, the leader, and the most riled, g

Smashed his angered fist against my front door. h

They were ranting and raging, gathered around, i

Their mouths foaming and their open wounds bleeding. j

But they were quelled when they heard the simple sound i

Of my littlest one speaking in greeting. j

She did not know why their expressions had dropped k

When a while ago, they had been fuming. l

I replied, " A gang of wild animals can be stopped, k

Simply because they are still human." l