Judge

Who can judge
The past by the present
When we cannot even judge
The present from the past
Without some principles
Of conduct along some
Ethical axis like a sort
Of double helix of a
Nature or nurture,
What is right or
Wrong and to
What point
Do we try
To strive,
Do right
And risk the
Consequences.
Though ... I find it a
Help to re-read Marcus
Aurelius’ Meditations from
Time to time and then to
Contemplate how poor
A father I was but how
Well my sons turned
Out versus how so
Clever Marcus’
Bratty lil’ kid
Commodus
Turned out
To be
Bad.