Charity

From "Phoenix Song"

I can be generous 
with my strength
if you need a back 
to help with a move,  
generous with means 
when a family or 
a group needs
money. 

But that’s not enough 
for you, God-of-mine. 
Not all you say I owe
your children. 

But oh…
sometimes the hardest 
thing to give
is the benefit 
of the doubt.

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Originally published in Phoenix Song