A Dissection of Guilt

Sea Mosses and A Dissection of Guilt

[All he sees in himself is
Evil
And good can coexist in the same person

He will lose his mind if he gives in to these
Obsessions
Which spring from remorse cannot be bad

His actions are the cause of other people's
Harm
That is self-inflicted is righteous]


They found a corpse
Near the hit and run-on
Lines of ink drawn to
Trace the results of the
Sin

Autopsy – Cause of death?
They cut him open and found
A heart that was basically
Good but full of pus and
Decay.

The felon and the victim
Were the same person – one
Living inside the other –
Saint forced to harbour a
Sinner

Though non-biodegradable,
His conscience had worms
From parts of him that had
Died living in it – alive but
Dead.

He was a man of the forces
Who fought across waters
To keep foreign vices at bay
So they gave him a burial at
Sea

How unfair that oceans so
clear and blue and clean
Should be burdened by the
Tiny weight of many little
Mosses.