Monday, January 31, 2022

Without grace, wit
slices up dreams
as well as schemes,
cuts down wishes
and scams alike,
leaving no trick
of mind or might
whole or unharmed.
Cruelly, it swings
at the webs that
bind us, blindly
untethering
anchor and prey.
Sharpened by pain
inflicted by 
others, steel on
stone, heart-piercing
cleverness kills
when wielded with
malice alone.
Mercy nurses
in wisdom’s arms
and shared insight
dies in darkness
that tears could light.

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