Do you have time?

If you do then go to that forgotten closet
and dust off the countless skeletons of all your perpetrators
whom your mind has been stabbing moralistically with hate till date.

To start, dust off all the blame from these shapeless ghosts
for you might ‘accidentally’ dust off all your power
that you skinned off your own bones when making someone
else the cause for all your discomfort and groans.

And once you find the marrow of your power in these foreign bones
perhaps you can flesh them and yourself, in turn with humanity,
with dignity perhaps even a nail sized worth of forgiveness.

But this cannot happen just like that,
one needs to have enough time on hand.
For such fleshing is messy, hard and hurtful
It is therefore essential you ask yourself dear friend,
“Do I have enough time and grit to give by the comfort of blame
and flesh the skeleton of my power with my own regard instead.”

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