WISH NOT

 

Consider when wronged, oft angers flash

Vengeful desire may demand grand paths

Wish not death upon those causing harm

To quiet tolling bells of hot alarm

 

Cast not this spell! Balk at a curse from beyond

You live inside of them; the end is never undone

Instead, let your suffering incite with tact

An avenue less final, or as desperate an act

 

Choose a course of harm, not so persistent

Causing anguish, and freezing their existence

That shows them humility like never before

Perhaps leaves them writhing, on the floor

 

To ponder their salvation, and then refrain

From sending out injury and causing pain

What may make them pause, and perhaps atone?

Ask the universe to send them a kidney stone.

 

C K Wallace   ©2015 all rights reserved

… at Peterborough General Hospital