Gratitude

You know in your soul if I'm talking to you...

Every day that I awake I thank the Lord that I am not you.

I am not a liar, a fake, nor a thief.  I've never intended harm, but instead have only defended myself and those like me, who sometimes stumble in their own defense.  I am not as vile and selfish as you,  to use my power so wickedly.  Nor am I so machiavellian, to empower slives who do the same, such as you and your cohort so often do.  I could never take false names, claim false deeds, nor rise for false acclaim just to ensnare the vulnerable, just as I have seen you do, time and again.  You see, I could never feed upon those crying out their unheard desperation.  Nor could I laugh at pain and suffering I caused, nor could I ever mock the weak and downtrodden - the way you like to do.  No... I could never behave such as you.

How could I face any day if what is true for you were true for me too?

I dare not think I could. 

For I could not wake knowing, like you, I had harmed others for entertainment and greed.  I could not, I swear, in any way, live that sort of shame, day after day, night after night. 

No... for all that I am thankful for, I am second most thankful I am not you.
 

X
07/25/2024

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