Stoning Myself

I keep silent
When I see the violence inside myself.
I don't want to describe it as evil.

You can build a fence to keep things out
And maybe you have helped
To close something in.

The first stone in my fist
Is fear of pain.

The second
Is desire for pleasure.
These two ordinary stones produce evil.

When I see the violence within myself
I feel it is very ordinary
I do not fear it
I do not call call myself evil
I see that I don't like pain
And that I like pleasure.

I cannot fence out pain
Or fence in pleasure
I keep silent
When I see my position
And I lay down both stones.