Beyond Compare

Forgiveness, or what the moderns call closure,
Is an understandable motive.
But going back to raise a relationship from the dead
Is a path for Frankensteins.
The desire is noble, but you must go armed.
The horror could be beyond compare.




J. Scott Hardin is Poetry Editor at The Houston Literary Review and a regular contributor to ragazine.cc. His poetry, fiction and essays have been published widely, and readers are invited to www.jscotthardin.com.