June 6-8, 2022

Security

the situation there is not at all like the security I enjoy

I've been told, I've also been told that I can't understand

it's very likely true that I can't understand, and never could

even on Dad & Mom's darkest days I didn't understand

how very desperate their situation was, since mine was not

the platter spread before me was golden and never empty

no matter the surrounding security or insecurity

yet security, security is one of those intangibles

like temptation, what trips one man up another man steps over

some securities (financial and spiritual) are plainly seen

other securities (depression and loneliness) are not

what one man can step over is the chasm for another

security for all, rich and poor alike, is a too slender thread

one cut of the knife, and ...