Wednesday, April 8, 2009

as they sit in judgment of their kin...

sometimes I wonder if my "inner conflict" has just been me having difficulty acknowledging to myself that I am a bad person, that I almost judge myself as such but am resisting the verdict.

sometimes I wonder if I am beginning to grow into acceptance of being a bad person.

sometimes I wonder if am actually a bad person. these moments where there seems to be hope come in waves... and whenever I come to consider where things are at, I make the waves worse. more severe, more uneven... the extremes of possibility and despair, if I were to take the "emo" approach. wow, I can't tell when I'm being pretentious or arrogant or snobbish anymore.

sometimes I wonder if I just can't tell how to judge myself, or whether I even want to. whether I deserve to.

-B-

1 comment:

el garretto said...

i don't think that human behavior should be given the same linear treatment as the opposing poles of 'good' and 'evil.' rather, humanity should be placed on a continuum where human behavior is neither good nor bad; it just simply is. surely, it can have positive and negative effects, on others especially, but this does not mean that we should all be doomed to judgment for it. we're an "evolving" (i hate that word) species. being human is difficult, and at best, is merely a process of trial and error. in other words, there are no model human beings, only those who have attained a certain measure of success based on their own unique circumstances. so this is what we have to deal with -- we were not given the privilege of choice. we simply have to run with it, and putting anything pertaining to humanity into the categories of good or bad or whathaveyou clearly defeats the purpose of living.