exposure

-I've undoubted your doubt of mistrust

and now picture this-

the boys crossing railroad tracks

a boundary to the forbidden

and find a cleansing pool where promised

is redemption and loyalty

comrades, love and honor...

the boys are marching dreaming

or days surrounded by those

willing to spill their lifeline for one

and all those that carry poison are vanquished

by the collective of kindred capable of protecting all

-I've diminished a bit of your skeptic

and now form this in your heart-

a broken man reaches for the face

of a woman whom he desires

but his hand is lowered and passes her a thought

saying, "i mend my mind by knowing yours",

and thoughts are spilled and souls exposed

vulnerable, incapable and open they are

to the deceptions of another

but solace is not found in being secure

solace, they discover, is found

by lying open exposed in each other's eyes

and the broken man's wounds are healed

in the open facing the elements of learning another.

-Picture this my skeptic doubtful mistrusting friend,

a world where no back is exposed to an enemy

and all of our being is exposed to a comrade and partner...

to whom we are exposed is our painful death or joyous living.