Disappointment, Judgment & Guilt

Disappointment is a fact of life, 
but it needn’t be. 
Sometimes disappointment is wrong.
We upset ourselves, 
then find later that in fact we were right.

Judgment is a slippery thing 
when imposed on others,
more slippery when imposed on ourselves. 
Guilt is one honest crime of religion: 
we convict ourselves 

if not in the real world, then in private. 

But guilt itself
has never in the span of its existence 
shown a hint of hate 
or even self-restriction 

that leads from a stint of self-abuse 
to confessed conviction.
But it’s all same. 

Nothing is left there to quibble. 
It’s a lose-lose game.