Conflictionary

 

the smallest small can trip a mind

to bring the boil to blindingly blind

attribute weight to what weighs least

amidst the din of angers beast

 

then soul will seek to mask the taste

and innocents dragged through the waste

where sullied cloud soaks ravaged field

and rust locks egos door from yield

 

this rattling rage from ear to ear

erupts from pulp of inmost fear

stranded deaf in pointless noise

its victims tossed like broken toys

 

the duel that can't be seen by eyes

the harm that's meant and realized

the needless need for sticking pins

in battles waged where no one wins

 

a speck in time can spark a mind

to purge the ones it leaves behind

twist reason to shapes justified

and strike at those who live inside

 

perhaps another speck in time

is all it takes to start the climb

out from where the darkness grew

to reclaim trust through steps anew

 

to come upon an understanding

of how to seek that safer landing

commute lifes sentence from regret

to lost time served: forgive forget

 

 

                                 s. paul   (Jan. 2020)