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I See That Serrated Edge

I see that serrated edge, and will raise you two fists; your bite is only slightly less sharp than your  bark. Being snagged along its teeth isn’t my favorite morning ritual. Getting even is in the cards. But if I don’t swallow my thirst for revenge, it may swallow me – what hollow grasping! No…

I see that serrated edge,

and will raise you two fists;

your bite is only slightly less sharp

than your  bark.

Being snagged along its teeth

isn’t my favorite morning ritual.

Getting even is in the cards.

But if I don’t swallow

my thirst for revenge,

it may swallow me –

what hollow grasping!

No matter where the chips fall,

I choose to take the high road and fold,

so bark away.

I don’t need to follow suit!

Odds are,

while you win the battle,

I will win the war.

Responses to “I See That Serrated Edge”

  1. Olivia

    I indeed intend to win the war! Well said… xoxo

    1. melodylowes

      Winning looks different than I used to think it did – life has a way of knocking some sense into us one way or another! 🙂

  2. Caddo Veil

    It can be a hard, long, lesson in the learning. God bless you–love, Caddo

    1. melodylowes

      Indeed. That’s me – a work in progress…

      1. Caddo Veil

        Aren’t we all, sweetie!

      2. melodylowes

        That helps me out a lot when I think of others as struggling like I am – it takes a bit of the edge off of feelings of frustration, doesn’t it?

      3. Caddo Veil

        Yes, it truly does–I appreciate when people are genuine, transparent about that, rather than tossing scriptures at you (like 3 breadcrumbs to a starving person). Good grief, you know?

      4. melodylowes

        You gotta hate the 3 breadcrumbs thing… 🙂

      5. Caddo Veil

        Yeah, it’s not very “Jesus”…

  3. Robert Rife

    Good girl! Well said.

    1. melodylowes

      Now to back up the words with deeds… *sigh* 😉

      1. Robert Rife

        Sometimes it starts here, though. Besides, we’re more likely to wed words and action from places of what Jonathan Edwards calls “religious affections” than from the grunt work of “should.”

      2. melodylowes

        How do you argue with a guy who has cool quotes stuffed up his sleeves? 🙂 Love the truth behind the quote, though – like the Jason Grey song about the Christian life being ‘more like falling in love than something to believe in’…(See, I can quote, too! ) *wicked grin*

      3. Robert Rife

        Haha! Jason Gray is a wonderful artist.

      4. melodylowes

        Isn’t he? There are a few of his songs that I have wished I had written because they say what I would have said …except he actually wrote them, instead of thinking them. |Is there a lesson there for us, hmm? 🙂

  4. gladiuspoeticus

    Thanks for reminding me who I am 🙂

    1. melodylowes

      🙂 Are you the fighter or the peace-maker? 🙂 If I go by your poetry, I can guess which…

      1. gladiuspoeticus

        I prefer the higher moral ground, not subjecting myself to bad and dirty or rude. Must be my religious upbringing. In my poetry however I’m a warrior on behalve of the underdog. The gladius is my peace-maker. 🙂

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