Zero Sums Poem by John Sensele

Matters grow worse when we air hurts in the wrong forum
Where by mistake we disclose secrets and invite outsiders
To comment and recommend solution options as though rum
Stole our capacity to weigh alternatives and to respect relationship advisors.

Matters take a turn for the worse when we add salt to injury
By leaking confidential details and emails to third parties whose
Only interest involves pouring scorn on our social status in a hurry
Without offering any solution beyond imbibing more booze as a ruse.

Social media when used without caution serve an impoverishing purpose
Heightened by abuse and misuse of their nature to poison the fragility
Of relationships on the rocks and emotions gone awry which demand finesse
Discernment, restraint, patience to yield utility, possibility and field messages of unity.

Hurting a partner distressed by domestic differences
Through ballistic and bellicose reactions, responses and utterances
Can hardly exert healing influences, obliterate offences or mend fences
When we talk at cross purposes and create a plethora of unresolved grievances.