Guilt

Hits you hard and from behind

Attacks your emotion and peace of mind

Snatches away your sense of joy

Then discards happiness like a used broken toy

Turns clouds with silver linings

Into the dark things we dread

Knocks us flat on our back

While grief dances in our head

Pales the victory of battles we've won

Erases the memories of the good you have done

Don't get me wrong all guilt is not bad

When we learn good, from situations gone bad

But more often than not,

Nine times out of ten

We beat the same dead horse

Over and over again

GUILT CAN BE CAUSED;

From a Mothers cocked brow

Or from her teary eyed look,

For something we said

Or something we took.

Something ill spoken

That was mean or cruel,

Spreading rumors or lies

Believing things that weren't true.

A sudden loss

Turning your back on a friend,

Living your life

While another life ends.

Being meek or weak

When you should have been bold,

But we should never feel guilt

For things beyond our control.

Remember my friends

When it comes to GUILT,

It could possibly be the best tool

That defeat ever built!

For Tony, My Brothers and Sisters, And, for myself.

" Guilty of being Guilty "

© Richard D. Preston