Dichotomy
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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.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2020
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