A New Leaf

Sometimes when another has hurt us

They show no intent to repent

Though we seek constructive solutions

They seek only to circumvent

Such apathy can make a U-turn

When you dish the same treatment out

But often it escalates venom

And worsens the previous bout

Suppressing the hurt for a moment

Till our hackles subside can be good

To put it all into perspective

And within context understood

But never deny its existence

And never turn blind to the cause

But mark the unpleasant offender

Uncovering golden rule laws

Remove yourself from irritation

When other solutions don’t work

But know first that nowhere is perfectly safe

And no one that runs sets things right on the earth

Forgiveness is sweet when a threat is no more

But don’t throw such pearls before swine

Forgiveness allows one to move beyond hurt

And there put an end to the evil entwined

Bad feelings seek a resolution

But if no real cure can be found

These sentiments serve but for torment

And have no real use within logical grounds

Such reasoning can disarm emotion

And reset the affected stage

A line can be drawn for our life to move on

And effectively we turn the page