Cowardly Conscience
When you have a guilty conscience
Your immediate reaction is
To superimpose your feelings, piece
By piece on the one you argues
With, for it feels natural to believe
Of others what you believe you
Would do yourself, logic will strive
To drown out your guilt, but it’s too
Entrenched to let go, so, imposing
It on those you argue with seems
Natural, but cowardly, as you don’t
Permit their voice, opinions to stems
Into a conversation for you
Automatically assume you know,
When the reality is, you’re too
Egotistical to actually heed what others know.
©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Poetry for Change 