Could We Have Been Wrong?

After all this time; the conflict, the arguments

The physical face up; after all the -ologys

The earnest reproofs; the fervent lectures

On proper behaviour, correct and appropriate motives

Ring down the corridors of time. Could it be possible

That “good triumphs in the end” were at best, hypothetical

That those wounded in battle fighting for the “right” were

just wounded and tired. “Right” as a term had been stolen 

and patented by those who did their best to do the contrary

The opinionated, the egotistical, the narcissistic; competing

The title of “who’s worst”; invites disdain and disrepute

The more the better (I mean “worse”). In a play of words

The winner wins, and the winner decides. The question remains

“Could we have been wrong”; that it is - and has been - the devil’s

Playground, all the time? There is always, there has always

And is likely that there always will be one person or group

Of people that demonstrate that there is goodness in this world

Confounding the cynics with hope; with reasonable belief and confidence

That the answer to the question must be in the negative

“Could we have been wrong?” Possibly, probably not

Right/wrong. Whatever TRue/false? Important

It’s our DNA? Possibly. ‘Tis in the natures of humanity

To aspire, to reach improbable heights; to say to the question

“Could we have been wrong”? Sometimes, in dark despair

Otherwise, we sought the light. Fought the fight. Did what’s right.