Doubt Poem by Gary Diamond

Only in a woman's loving arms does doubt distinctively dissolve.
With this kind of notion, once more I resolve
That when again one of them comes along
I'll pay a little more attention
This time.

Doubt is as useful as anything else in your life.
It has been cast as a weakness.
It is really a strength.
Perhaps one of the most misunderstood ones.
It's what seperates an animal from a man;
Although the latter can become the former.

Take it as if a pinch of salt.
Don't listen to it too closely or it might crack like old china.
You might end up in an asylum.
Remember sometimes that when you second-guessed
The second guess was the right answer.
That's a little of the magic of a doubt.

The shadow of doubt isn't necessarily a black cloud.
It's more like a sliver of your conscience
Reminding you you're not as flawless as you might think.

A lot of people make regrettable decisions on whims
Because they let doubt dissolve within the walls of a relationship, a marriage.
Letting the sensible decisions slip like sand through the fingers
On the beach.

We'll forgive them though.
We've been down that dusty road a few times.