------The Parliment of my Being------

Sometimes
along life's
pathways
the answers
get complex
and logical
conclusions
get tangled,
the first,
the last,
the next

so many
pressing issues
which conscience
deems done right
there's left
the right 
the middle
with merit 
for each fight

doubt seems 
to always weaken
the levees 
of the mind 
as questions 
flood and crumble
solutions 
that you find

notices dispatched to the heart
the mind 
the body 
the soul  
to sort
and find
one answer
as a common goal
 
an exercise in
compromise
where honor 
can abide
where 
both you 
and your decision
can peacefully
reside 

The parliment 
of my being
assembles 
now and then
to meet and 
give me guidance
for problems 
I can't mend

11/24/2004