diluted deed

what do you do
when you must protect
self?

when you need 
to be
good
strong
whole--

it becomes hard
to accept
your wrongs
weakness
brokeness--

hard
to change

because
it it is hard
to see.

"the light came into the darkness, but the darkness did not comprehend it,"

yes, forgiveness
is hard
to comprehend.

but you
seek the good in me
even though
it seems
you seek out the worst
bring out
the worst

challenge me.



really, you just venture down paths
no one else does
kicking sacred stones
that no one
but those
who sought to put pain
inside
have riled up,
leaving dust to settle on the matter.

like any slum lord,
I know where my dust settles.
best to be left unkept

than to see
the mess i've made.