Trusting Before Doubting

"Pay me the thousands

You owe,"

Your friend asks.

"Be patient with me,"

you plead,

"and I will pay everything!"

Your friend

Grants you mercy.

She is Trusting.

You walk away

Thankful, but

Hypocritical.

Running into

Your co-worker

you remember he owes you $5.

Grabbing his shoulders

You demand

What is yours

"Be patient with me,"

he begs,

"and I will return everything."

But you, the

Hypocrite

Refuse.

"Now it's a ten!"

Raise the price

You are Doubting.

The coworker

Tells your friend.

Disappointingly.

Disapproving, she rebukes,

"Now you owe me

three times as much."

...

No more

Hypocrites are

needed in this world.

Not seven,

but seventy-seven times

be the friend,

Trusting before Doubting.