David Dybdal, MD, PhD

Compassionate, Effective Psychotherapy and Medication Management
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Justice
Posted on 20 December, 2020 at 0:10 |
an imaginal figment,
a small splotch of colored pigment,
held in the eye of the beholder,
it allows righteous anger to smoulder,
a lie for an eye,
a tooth for the truth
that punishment never replaces what is lost,
always it fails at great cost.
and a man dressed in robes, be they black or they white,
doesn't have the power to declare what's wrong or right,
to punish or demean the miracle of a life
that's already horribly ravaged by so much pain and strife,
sure, it may be ok to take someone away from hurting others with a violent act, who break the social contract,
but we don't need to become what we hate, and create a painfully recalcitrant state,
I wonder, can we become aware of our hateful human passions, and slowly practice steering them towards compassion.
- David Dybdal
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