A Pair of Doxes, Doxing
In my short
but long
travels-cum-stasis, as I’ve
slept
and awakened
into this Life…
I’ve found one thing,
or many,
to be true —
yet not always —
most,
if not some,
perhaps all,
perhaps none
of the time:
the amount of compassion
we show
ourselves
seems directly proportionate — or dis,
depending on that or this —
to the compassion we show our
fellow human beings.
It seems when we are hard
on ourselves and our failings,
we hold raging hard-ons
for others, who may be
trailing
the banners of
imperfection and/or perfection,
depending
on whether we’re looking
in their direction, or
into the looking-glass of
in-or-de-flated
self de-or-
con-ception.
This and these paradoxes
may or
mayn’t be true;
whether they are or
are not
is, quite simply,
but complexly,
and entirely,
yet somewhat,
up
to
you.
— J.A. Carter-Winward
www.jacarterwinward.com