I only know this : innocent child

I only know this

Defenses of steel

Form around the tender seeds

Of the vulnerable soul

And the wild wolf that originally lives

Within our skin

Can not

Forever be tamed

By rejection and punishment

So when you look upon mankind’s

Unfeeling, unbending, steely nature

Bear a thought for the deep wounds

The damaged suffered, carried

Or bore witness to in silence

Before you judge and climb onto your lofty

Self righteous perch

Try to take the dive inwards

And turn back the one way mirror

That does not enable you to

Embrace the breadths and depths and complexity

Of human paradox and duality

There are those that wound and the knives and razors they use

Are sharp

This appears to make of them m

Monsters

But I do firmly believe

That deep within the tormented heart

Of every serial killer or terrorizing perpetrator

Once lived the fragile, tender and vulnerable heart

Of a precious and innocent child