Thursday, June 13, 2013

The judging of judgement


Not in the courtroom drama sense, the legal sense - but rather in the very personal, individual way we set ourselves up as judge and jury for those who share our lives, whether tangentially or intimately.
Demons are differently-shaped. Some have horns and spikes and fire. Some are an undertow pull. Some are softly smothering.
All demons play different notes, on varied instruments, in sometimes discordant ways.
Accord those you love the decency of listening to the demon song they can't stop playing in their head. It may not be your song; you may hate the fucking song.
But it is what they hear, and you are not meant to be the scathing reviewer.