Bitter Proverbs

Bitterness is like a drug
Heady and intoxicating
In its own righteousness
Able to provide excuse after excuse
For bad behavior

Bitterness is like a cancer
Small and unassuming
Attacking without symptoms
Suddenly metastasized
It destroys a body and many lives with it

Bitterness is like a weed
Harmless and cloistered
In a neglected patch of the garden
Until it releases seeds
Scattering, they multiply in every direction

Lord, rescue me from my self-deceit
Heal me down to every cell
Uproot every last stem and seed
May I live free of bitterness

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