Certitude
I have judged people
for things I do
in rooms no one checks.
I called it different
when I did it.
I called it a reason,
not a habit.
I have called a man weak
for staying too long
in something that hurt him.
I stayed longer.
I just called it loyalty.
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I have judged people
for rewriting the truth.
I have rewritten moments
often enough
to believe them.
I called it perspective.
Perhaps guilt
was never the difficult part.
Naming it something else
was.
I don’t know when I stopped noticing.
Maybe I never started.
Maybe judgment was always faster
than the mirror,
and I mistook speed for certitude.
I still judge people
for things I do
in rooms no one checks.
I just don’t call it hypocrisy.
I call it being honest
about everyone
except myself.
