(An Invest..)The Mind of a Serial Killer

(AN INVESTIGATION INTO) THE MIND OF A SERIAL KILLER

The mind of a serial killer,
A cold brutal place.
Twisted memories intertwined
With sick brutal thoughts.

Remorse,
Sympathy,
Simply absent concepts.
Only a world of narcissism exists
Where the ID must be satisfied at all costs.

The death of a hapless soul
Means nothing to this creature,
Simply an essential process to fulfil the need,
A need to extract pleasure
In the pain and suffering of others.

We may poke and prod all we want,
Research and conduct all our sophisticated studies,
Exhaust all our fancy terminology.
The fact remains that to truly understand this state of psyche
We may have to become one with it ourselves,
Turn in to that which we fear.

This is an unacceptable price,
For should we become successful
We may derive that same neurotic pleasure
As the one we wish to understand.
And then the question arises
Would we have the strength to stop?

The bloodied carcasses on the floor around me suggests not.