No Anchor for Rancor ~ Sponsor: Unseeking Seeker
August 4, 2023____________________________
Upon those who yield to anger, I should take pity because words they spit are like sandpaper, gritty. A loathsome temper causes them to fume and fret, sometimes churlish ones spew what they will regret. Restraining venom is an idea some are unable to grok. Fury is the key to a door they have no right to unlock, for they seek revenge when it is not theirs to take. Hissing like the demon who was disguised as a snake. It's amazing to what lengths their bitterness will go. Look into their eyes and you'll see their malice grow. A hostile fire-breathing dragon is an ignorant beast who will spend all its time eating outrage at a feast. They wear the weight of vitriol like a boa of albatross when it should be thrown away. In the sea given a toss. A temper makes foolish ones lose all sense of reason. They may even betray themselves in an act of treason. Rancour can be an anchor that drowns them in the sea if they cannot cut the chain that would set them free. It's evil to prick as a sharp thorn in someone else's side. Irascible people are those most nice folks cannot abide. If they continue to blow on smoldering embers of a fire they will be burned by the contentiousness of their ire. They should douse all glowing cinders within their soul, to loosen shackles of angst and keep anger under control.
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