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flaw's own fate

is

simple failure to define

the consequence of ruthless

interference

fairly common

is the state of such

unsettling affairs

we live

too reliably

one might coin

on the notion

that few truly care

we look

after all

right through

our very own selves

while passing judgment

on others

the whole entire way

as we attempt to grasp

for ourselves

some indefinable worth

choosing rather stupidly

to believe the damaged

mirrors of others

rather than those of our

very own

in such thoughtless trade off

the seeds of true trust die

in the foul uncertain waters

of even shallower remarks

where as belief

tends to dig in deep

and ride right beside us

through the more frantic storms

of even the most wrenching of

inhumanity's exposure

which leads this stalwart student

of spirit to believe

we inwardly for the most part do a

lot of our finest growing only when

outwardly we begin to grow old

for youth and beauty to one can teach

so very little

but age and aging quite masterfully

are able to easily sketch in all the

before only vague and unforgiving parts

some

sadly enough

never learn

and though they themselves

may die still quite physically beautiful

but

where beauty truly counts

they never even get the chance to glimpse

at their unrealized though far greater loss

know that this is the only moment when I

would not want to know just what it is like

to be God

as he is the only one who has to inform them

of this very important lack within themselves........

(Oct. 4, 1998)