Noticing Cracks -

About a month ago
a small pebble hit the window of my car.
The damage began as a small knick,
no bigger than an ant.
Over the course of the month
that small knick grew.
So the once unnoticeable scratch
now resembled branches of a mesquite tree
Etched across my glass.
I now have to replace the whole window
or bear the cracks.

My brother, Riel, recently ran into an old friend,
Whom he has claimed to hate for three years now.
Riel told me about their great memories,
And admitted how he missed that old friend
But, when I suggested that he call him
He said he couldn’t,
The grudge had gone on for too long.
Be weary of holding grudges
And keeping disagreements alive,
They begin as small and stupid,
And if not addressed soon
They spread and slice through your life
Like the branches of a mesquite tree.
-Chaviess