Clouded Judgment

Standing there in the dark
One foot stepped over the line
You will boldly still embark
So fragile is your hurt heart
It's a risk you take each time
And it will set you from others apart
Unaware of the picture's mark
And that it all is really not fine
Too late to stop what you start
Keeping score on your personal chart
Hoping he'll see you shine
Unaware of the mounting charge
Causing others to question this entourage
That it is "off" and wrong of its kind
Not invisible even near or afar
Watching you there as you are
I fear for what they might find
You see, they are not at all blind

 1.13.13

Sideline View

What only can be sought
Or released in his exertion
You capture in his mistakes
And toss back trying to hurt him

To withstand your raw reprimanding
And suspending the actions around
Hit harder than you might have expected
To reveal this that has been found

Twenty lashings would have hurt less
And he might have moved yet forward
But kicking him while he was down
Only reflected what could have been avoided

It was a poor example of your claim
That you will strive to make him better
It is clear now that there had to be
Many hidden storms he has had to weather

So justify your words with his faults
And pretend that it doesn’t matter
While you never saw him at his worst
You should know we strive to capture

What can only be achieved
Or gained in his true person
He finds in his own worth
Where you only more will worsen

Anger from the storms we’ve endured
And the example you choose to lead
But you have forced him to further shut down
Because you have already planted the seed

It is rivalry at its best
And one that we will never overcome
To say we tried but can try no more
Is the only way this game can be won

10.04.09