The Things That You Do

With minor deliberation
beyond the Self view,
your results might be different
with the things that you do,

someday you will learn
what The Universe holds true,
you get what you've given
from the things that you do,

with no solace in offer
nor province to rue,
I wait not for contrition
for the things that you do,

the well traveled road
shows me what I must do,
in silent reflection
of the things that you do:

         I forgive you
               now
      because I should

                               someday
                           because I can

love true in deliverance
from a heart you once knew,
now lost from the cost
of the things that you do,

the walls of pride's fortress
hide from life's view,
the damage you've done
from the things that you do,

cry for redemption
and I'll cry with you,
as you seek to find answers
for the things that you do,

after much to consider
I bid you adieu,
and wish you good luck
with these things that you do.


Ken Owen  Van Niddy Press   April 2014