If there is a little man <br />that lives on my shoulder <br />and tells me 'no' when <br />I am tempted, <br />then why sometimes <br />I don't hear from him <br />when I need him most? <br /> <br />If there is a angel bright <br />who leads me at all times <br />to the light <br />then pray tell <br />how did I end up here <br />in the dark? <br /> <br />If I am the observer of all this <br />then why do I not convene on this <br />a conference between the two? <br />And lets include the Devil too <br />for he surely has a role here too. <br /> <br /> <br />At the conference I say: <br />'Now listen angel and little man <br />what is going on here? <br />What good are guardians who <br />go AWOL <br />at precisely the wrong times? <br />What guide is this who abandons <br />the trail when danger looms? ' <br /> <br />The angel said in her defense <br />said, 'I do speak out but you <br />close your ears <br />I yell, I scream, but to no avail. <br />Hoarse, I give up thinking the little man will take over.' <br /> <br />The little man said 'I am thinking the same thing <br />except in reverse.' <br /> <br />The Devil lounged in the back ground and said nothing <br />until I accosted him and asked 'What is your story? ' <br />He stirred slowly, saying 'Story I have none, but I will <br />comment upon the obvious truth here. <br /> <br />You are part them and you are part me. <br />And each time you hear those voices <br />mine and theirs <br />it is you my friend that is making that choice <br />don't foist it off on them and me. <br /> <br />'I' I said outraged. 'I am the cause of all this? <br />'Yes they all said. 'Because in fact, you are the only one in the room.' <br /> <br />We are just people you made up to remind yourself that you are you.'<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-you-who/
