Dichotomy

We are all created with the propensity for good and evil These are not traits we can refuse But it is up to us in any situation…as to which one of these we choose We can allow our words to fly on the wings of love creating stories filled with beauty and mystery We can express our feelings with tenderness in a few lines of poetry. Or we can allow our words to escape on the wings of anger meaning many of these words we create will be spoken in haste and fury and will be tinged with hostility and hate. We can use our voices to sing beautiful melodies that gently flow into our ears Or we can scream obscenities, call each other names and let our voices cause panic and fear. We can allow our hands and fingers to make beautiful art or compose the most harmonious of scores We can pat someone on the back, caress a loved one and offer open arms to the less fortunate and poor. Or we can ball up our hand into a fist fighting with others and causing all strife… We can let our hands grasp the handle of a rifle or a gun and in anger put an end to another person’s life… Perhaps the best thing to we can do… before we begin to soothe…or attack Is to remember…once our words are spoken Once our actions are taken… We can never take them back.