Wounded

Imagine or recall unwarranted hurt, inflicted upon you
by someone you love.
Imagine or recall the parallel anguish of realizing you've inflicted such hurt
on someone who loves you.

Wounded

Painful…the revelation
of unwarranted hateration
spewed not from one expected,
but from the heart long protected
within a fortress of affection.
Disheartening…the delusional misdirection;
the subsequent consequence of an iniquitous infection
that stealthily germinates
the bitter bile of irrepressible hate.
A besieged sentinel heaths a weary, labored breath…
a frustrated effort to circumvent the impending death
of the beleaguered, desire to forgive and forgive
and the divine requisite to give and give
from an everlasting reservoir
like only to that of the Savior.
Regretful and forlorn
beats the tainted heart of scorn,
forced to humbly concede
to the truth of its disease
and the sobering realization
of its role in the victimization.
For in this twisted parable
the the Samaritan has been wounded,
propriety imprudently precluded,
at the very hand of the soul
who lay beaten and robbed
on the road to Jericho.