I have to ask

After Romans 7:7-25

I have to ask the question,

what is it that prompts me

to do wrong? What is it

that compels me to see

a law as a challenge

to be overcome? Why

do I translate 60 mph 

as 65 mph or 70 mph?

What’s worse (of course)

is when I pat myself

on the back for observing

the law and see others

ignore it and speed by,

leaving me to swallow

their dust. Even when 

I know the rightness

of the law, my heart, 

mind, and soul wage

war against it. And

often win.

Photograph by Ludovic Charlet via Unsplash, Used with permission.