I file my sweetness

Numb it down.

The burning hurts, but

not a sound.

Boundaries save,

Build the wall.

Each brick you pave

Helps change us all.

Kindness calms, but can be seething.

-What truth is mine today?

Masking pleasing,

Hurting bleeding,

Don’t harm your soul to light their way.

Empaths feeling,

Victims stealing

All doing their best?

Gnarling pleading,

Resentment seeding

Now only hate’s professed.

Step it back,

Build the wall,

Ask is this mine at all?

There is no simple black and white,

Truth is muddy every day.

Is it worth a petty fight?

The peace is in the gray.

August 19, 2022