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.
Meanwhile, Melody Muses... 
I indeed intend to win the war! Well said… xoxo
Winning looks different than I used to think it did – life has a way of knocking some sense into us one way or another! 🙂
It can be a hard, long, lesson in the learning. God bless you–love, Caddo
Indeed. That’s me – a work in progress…
Aren’t we all, sweetie!
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?
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?
You gotta hate the 3 breadcrumbs thing… 🙂
Yeah, it’s not very “Jesus”…
Good girl! Well said.
Now to back up the words with deeds… *sigh* 😉
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.”
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*
Haha! Jason Gray is a wonderful artist.
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? 🙂
Thanks for reminding me who I am 🙂
🙂 Are you the fighter or the peace-maker? 🙂 If I go by your poetry, I can guess which…
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. 🙂