Christopher Hansard:[Judgement]

A wise woman once said

‘Do not point at another with one finger, lest another five point back at you’

We can not judge another

we can not condemn

we regard our opinions as truth

and there is no refuge in opinion

and there is no refuge in truth

facts are not truth

facts can be events

or the report of another’s comments

even observation is interpretation

all of us are bound by prejudice

…tomorrow is my last day on earth…

I have heard that said  by strangers

there is no tomorrow

no yesterday, no here or there

no when or where

no them or us

all fear is a fear of ourselves

when we feel afraid so fear comes

when we are angry so anger comes

fear and anger

prowl

around in

our

antediluvian

senses

when we judge others

we end up becoming trapped

by the very judgements we have made

we end up living in a ghetto of hate and judgement

people make the judgement of others

that come from what already dwells within them

long after actions have faded words linger

words are thoughts and thoughts

are the building blocks of our social environment

they catch our emotions as if they were butterflies trapped

in the soft existential gauze of a butterfly net

judgement is glue of suffering