Beneath the Diguise of Moments

It is not the present immediacy

Of my pondered yes or no

But the shaping of whom you are going to be

That tries my answer so

For in the gathered quick replies

The bud of recompense

Will not remain ‘neath time’s disguise

Of certain consequence

The weight of love’s compassion

Surges full inside of me

For our transient yes-no-moments

Shape the person we will be

© Janet Martin

Sometimes its so easy to just say 'yes, yes, yes,' because at the Time its the easy non-confrontational fix...but this morning I caught myself suddenly pondering a request not because of any harm it would do now, but in how its shapes one's thinking pattern and may numb our discernment twixt wisdom and knowledge of choice and accountability.