Saturday, August 29, 2009

compromise

matthew 5:21–30
...If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.

the mess of settling for less
©8-29-09 hannah muonio

i despise compromise
the subtle call before the fall
the conning voice for detrimental choice
the lying twist as judas kissed
honey sweetly sung that stings the tongue

it takes
it fakes

to teeter on rocky ledges of sworn pledges
to straddle the fine lines
setting up the frail to fail
bringing filth and slime to the sublime
putting pressure
weakening structure

i lament all i've bent
i sigh and weep at lies that seep
i despise compromise

attune my ears, Lord
to the ringing drawl of a higher call
don't let me stay content with gray
when Your sight requires purest white