You don’t see the harm you do why would you, when the mirror only shows you?
It’s always your way or the ruin of all ways.
No compromise, no bending, just command and blaze.
You preach your truths like gospel fire, demanding love, yet feel no desire to see the wreckage in your wake the hearts that break, the hands you take.
Empathy’s a stranger you never knew, and guilt? Just weakness in those who do.
Those who love you—oh, how they fall, on blades you wield, denying them all.
You wear the crown of your own design, and call it virtue, call it divine.
But your throne is built on shattered bone,and in the end, you stand—alone.
Copyright Malcolm Gladwin July 2025 Thorns of Your Way