condemnation

if i were to condemn others

for their failures

in what we call life


i would have to condemn

almost everyone

including my self


i see no value in punishment

although i have seen myself

inflict it on some one i liked


didn't care much for how that felt


there are other options

available to us


if we have any interest

in peace and harmony


instead of all that other stuff

which has been so popular

for so long


the history of us human types

mostly ain't all that pretty


which is the nicest way i can speak

of our history


the exceptions have been few

and pretty far in between


and yet we are still the potential

to be other than how we have been