No One Meant

Who is responsible?

No one meant to lie
Intended half truths be heard
Desired the pain lurching in delicate omissions

No one planned for the young
To lunge forth half cocked
Headstrong, untouchable

It just seems to be the way of youth
The way of not knowing
The way blind to signs and roadside shrines

Even God's hands are clean
No traces of clay
No telltale residue betraying loss of control

No one is to blame
It just seems to be the way it happens
The way things are
The way of life as we know it.

Reviews

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Sad that sometimes life as we know it is so sad and confused I wish I had the secret to make it all a better place- sometimes people point gingers in thinking blamecwill set things straight when actually like you say nobody is at times to blame- it can be choices we ourselves make that take us where we land- we need to be there for eachother to help and advise and support - u can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink- Deep Words- makes one think🌹

[AllenS]

Thanks for the heart time

[AllenS]

I too wish at times for a different design, but to no avail. There is comfort in being able to pen such observations. Yes, there is a karmic flow to the things I sometimes hurl in my path. My younger friends honor me by sharing theirs. I listen, my heart tracks their confusion, disgust and despair. In the end it is as though feeling the weight of our own lives and behavior help us to see ourselves more clearly and experience our own existence.

[Tian]

I really like your last stanza, especially the last two lines. Your entire poem seems to tell us that it is not anybody's responsibility, and not what was planned, and it is just the natural way of life.
Great poem :)