"The Schism," A Poetry Post

If you live a life of purpose,
50% of the people who knew you
will say you were brilliant and calculating,
committed to a fault,
engaging and inviting.
Inspiring.

50% of the people who knew you
will say you were
psychotic and fixated,
entirely overzealous,
overwhelming, overly hopeful and
ridiculous.

And since you won't be here to
defend yourself,
neither side will
commit to its theory
100%.

You might as well
be ridiculous
now.

-T. D. James-Moss