There is Venom In the Antidote

With very fine words

We rob the criminal

We justify the justice, everyday

We hope for permanence

In a better light, today, tomorrow

We hope to continue 

Through better actions

We adapt to scenario

From these words, into action

We redefine our nature

Into the more human animal

Refined with words

we hope, we pray, are not criminal (in our scenario)

Author's Note

Reviews

[Re-Pete]

sometimes it can hard to tell just who are the good guys and the bad. i think my an thoreau had it right when he wrote, “When the true criminals are running around free, the only honorable place for a decent human being is in prisons.” i like the thought in this.

[Davidgeo]

Natural reason should direct us, but natural reason might be immoral... did the words come before the sentiment? We will never know. In the meantime, it seems, when given the chance humans are rapacious when it comes down to it. Until that changes, Henry David and others like Thomas Hobbes remain unproven if not defeated. Morality lies in who defines it, not in what it is. So it seems.

[Re-Pete]

you've hit the nail on the head. non-believers figure that life is short and temporary so their moral compass (or lack thereof) is centered on themselves and taking all they can from it for their own self-gratification because they think that is all there is. but the believer looks forward to a resurrection and spending eternity in an even better place.

[Re-Pete]

"Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something." - Thoreau

[Davidgeo]

If your moral compass depends upon outward belief who are you really? Have you really seen your own bedrock? Most people haven't suffered enough or seen what reality truly has to offer. Being "good" is a luxury most people never see the other side of. True morality has a cost most people I've met aren't willing to be (wether they know it or not, I can tell)

[Davidgeo]

That sounded confrontational... I was just ranting. I'm not to be taken seriously

[Re-Pete]

no, not confrontational at all - just discussing. i think we're born with a "good" moral compass but living in a fallen world influences us. i think who we are is who god created us to be so i don't think that we have as much say about it as you seem to think. i don't think that it's as gray as you make it out to be, i think it's more black and white - something/someone is either good or bad, right or wrong and if i question something i turn to the authority - the bible or ask myself what would christ do in a given situation.