Before you capture
words as they slip
From weary lips
Before you surmise
The story you hear
In your dull ear
Before you justify
With fettered senses
Your splintered fences
Look me in the eye
Before you judge
Let me help wipe your smudge
Dversepoets.com Quadrille Monday. I am on a break, but I peeked and couldn’t resist. The word is smudge and this was fun.
mehflowers 
This reminds me of Matthew 7:3-5 about removing the plank from your own eye before picking the speck out of another’s. Great write!
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Thank you! Yup. That was my inspiration.
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Great poem Mary. I especially like the closing line.
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Thank you!
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An excellent poem Mary! So many excuses and so little truth. Love the splintered fences!
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Cleverly constructed and the message is very clear. I’m glad you decided to take a peek and have some fun, Mary 🙂
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Thank you! I’m glad too. I miss all the emails!
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You’re welcome, Mary.
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‘Look me in the eye
Before you judge
Let me help wipe your smudge’
🙂 We could prevent a lot of conflicts in this way.
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Thanks Ingrid!
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Look me in the eye
before you judge
We all have our broken fences…
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Yes we do, Thank you!
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YES!! I wish everyone would do this, Mary
❤
David
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ME too! It starts with me, though.
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Amen.
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Removing that layer of judgement can open up new worlds. Nicely rendered. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Alas it’s easier to judge others than yourself.
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Of course, no one wants to be the problem.
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