I can't sleep nights, lately;
my mind is too full.
Or perhaps my conscience
is too loud. Either way.

I just don't understand
how to get past this;
I don't know where to lay
all this blame.

It's a contradiction in terms
to be a victimized
perpetrator.

So the way I see it,
either we're both to blame
or there ought to be
a collective absolution.

And then I have two thoughts:

If we are both unclean, who washes this away?
If we are both on the wall, who's holding the guns?