HOVERING

I am guilty, I admit.

I am also victim.

So, I speak

With authority

When I say—

Hovering is aggression.

It is troops massing

In “war games”

At your border.

Hovering is—

Disrespect,

Faithlessness—

Even if motivated

By love or compassion.

To hover suggests

Expected failure

Suspected ignorance

And doubting

Another’s abilities.

Hovering is

Selfishness.

Hovering’s victims

Are treated of less value

Their needs less important

Their promises worthless.

Hovering

Is often silent

But no less a threat

No less a destroyer

When accompanied

By love or compassion.