Is there purity of intention

Is there purity of intention

Every honest reaction innocent

Even as truth is told

Is it wise

Who will be hurt

When weight is shifted

From one to another

What reason do we give

For releasing our stories

Before they have

Been properly read

Who breathes easiest

After the flood

The burden of truth

Can be a curse

Never wish it lightly

What is worse

To hold a loosely

Fitting tongue

Tightly behind clenched teeth

Or release

Damning the consequence

Silence is a hard task

Filling emptiness

With a contentious

Interjection

Pacifiers are conscientious

Constituents

In objection

To the folly

Of secret keeping

Even in facsimile

It is a cruel indulgence

Self-cleansing

At another’s expense

What will they do

With the information

Once dumped

And what will you do

As responsibility

Is dispatched

The outcome no longer

Within your control

As messengers

Can be shot

With more than

A bullet.