GUILT
Failures taken too seriously.
A ‘black hole’ for
those who fear they live ‘in sin’.
Self-recrimination
burgeoning in a life without love.
What keeps some
obsequiously adhering to a ‘belief’.
Discomforting ‘doubts’
cast by vanities’ obsessions and frustrations.
‘Pangs of conscience’
for those who lack confidence in a ‘just God’.
Discordant notes that
reverberate incessantly when we continually rely on cant.
Internal nagging when
what you think and do is not what you should think and do.
A form of
self-flagellation that emanates from a feeling of not meeting
one’s potential.
A trap that abasement
can spring on those who depend on societal approval for their
self-esteem.
- Perhaps the ONLY
sin is not realizing your potential.
- Perhaps we
‘punish’ ourselves when we abandon love.
- Perhaps when you
cease to laugh and smile you are guilty of something.
- Perhaps mankind’s
trepidation in the face of ‘perceived evils’ drives ‘him’ to
placate the gods.
- Perhaps a
virulent, skewed vanity has corrupted innocence since ‘apple
eating’ became so fateful.
- Perhaps all life
is in harmony save ‘man’ who can be despicably discordant
when ‘he’ wants to be.
- Perhaps modern
science’s remedies for chemical imbalances have
inadvertently provided expedient expiations without
recriminations.
- Perhaps fear
encouraged by religious doctrine has a civilizing effect;
perhaps however, to avoid castigation ‘believers’ are apt to
be civil only to fellow ‘believers’.
- Perhaps arrogant,
condescending attitudes ‘elevate’ self and justify the
denigration of others; perhaps this pride must never waver
less empathy creep in and upset aloof complacency.
- Perhaps there
resides in each person a conscience, a deep awareness of
what nurtures and what withers the budding entity that is
YOU; perhaps this awareness can become a constant irritant
when ignored.
are pernicious self-recriminations a handicap??
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GUILT by EDWIN
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