Game Of Good And Bad

 

A word arrives, a pointed view,
And suddenly your shield comes through.
Your mind defends your fragile name,
You step once more into that game.

 

Lay that armor to the ground,
Truth is easier once it’s found.
Curiosity will light your way,
Where good and bad no longer play.

 

Defending turns the heart away
From what the moment tries to say.
Yet “no,” or walking out the door,
Needs no defense and works much more.

 

Boundaries stand without a fight,
Requests can rise in open light.
There is no need to prove you’re right,
To think you ever need to fight.

 

Lay that armor to the ground,
Truth is easier once it’s found.
Curiosity will light your way,
Where good and bad no longer play.

 

A life can linger far too long
Inside the rules of right and wrong.
Persistence praised as virtue bright
Will make your life an endless blight.

 

To leave would feel like something bad,
A stain upon the self you had.
Dispense with truth, set it aside
To keep your image safe with pride.

 

Lay that armor to the ground,
Truth is easier once it’s found.
Curiosity will light your way,
Where good and bad no longer play.

 

To end a bond, the game requires
A villain cast within its fires.
For if no blame is there to claim,
To care yourself will bring you shame.

 

Yet paths can part in quiet grace,
And grateful for shared time and place.
Two lives may turn and drift apart
Without condemning either heart.

 

Lay that armor to the ground,
Truth is easier once it’s found.
Ask gently, “Where’s the danger here?”
And watch your fear just disappear.

 

A spark of humor, light and free,
Can break that spell of urgency.
And in that pause a door appears—
A place for truth beyond your fears.

 

For when you question, seek, and see,
The fight dissolves in clarity.
What once was trial and blame and plea
Becomes sublime discovery.