Just because
You sound
Right,
Doesn't mean
You are.
I'm not the smartest
Nor quickest
Wit
In the world,
But the knot
In my gut
Is screaming
There is something
Wrong
With what you
Are saying
And how
You are saying
It.
There is truth
Mixed up
In what you are
Preaching
At me,
Us,
The World,
But Heaven
Help me,
Because I care
About you,
I don't know
How to tell
You what
I am feeling
In such a
Way,
That wouldn't
Offend you,
As much as you
Are me
Right now.
I don't want
To cause another
Human being
To feel as I do
In this moment
Listening to you,
Your rant,
About how
People should
Get up off
Their butts
And do something,
Belittling them
As you tell them
Who and how
They should be
Since you
See them
As ineffective
Scum
Of the Earth.
The Self-Righteous
Tones
Never inspire people
To act with love.
It's like telling
Someone
Not to think
Of a Pink
Elephant.
Negative,
Begets
Negative,
No matter how
Much you
Rant and rave
That you are
Trying to
Get people
To act
For the good
Of others,
Then can only
Hear
Your underlying
Loathing of them.
Then wonder why
No one acts
As well as you
Do.
I love you,
But I don't
Know how to
Tell you
How ugly
Your Self-Righteous
Indignation
Is.
Hate is hate.
So I will
Sit here
And love you,
Because to
Engage you,
Is to enflame
Not just
Your beast,
But mine
And I love
Myself
Too much
To do that
To either
Of us.
Two things
Always win,
Time
And Love.
I have enough
Of both
To wait for
My friend
To come out
The other side
Of this
Cloud of anger
Like the sun,
I can shine
Longer than
Any storm
Can last.
