Civility, Dignity, Sterility

Civility, Dignity, Sterility

Such pompous ideals, there to constrain Real-me who sees your pain so clearly A burden of woes across face and life The oil slick of travails and news I give Would that I could wrap you in a hug One embrace to say life can be okay One human being to another, a connection Work me knows this is silly, knows what works

Civility, Dignity, Sterility

A hug never cured disease, eased a pain At least not in a study, not in a lab What is touch but wasted time And risk of litigation? Ignore the pain, at most suck it up Keep it there, hidden away Heaven forbid you speak its name Home-me takes it there, leaves it where No eye can see or ear can hear The borrowed sorrows of any day Perhaps having learned too well

Civility, Dignity, Sterility