Actions Speak Louder than Brochures

March 5, 2014

I could write 'love' on my arms

or mark X's on my hands,

but beyond this social expression,

how am I to distinguish between

awareness and self-indulgence?

Preaching to you lines from a brochure

and a monthly payment $19.99,

these all ease hot flashes of guilt,

while simultaneously they stroke my ego.

Where then is true support when our actions are seen

dangling as a bracelet strangled around our wrists,

as we stand knee-deep in a bright white righteousness

and lack of initiative?

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