bound by inability
to receive,
hands, so tied,
bleed and
souls expire.
unable,
unwilling,
too proud,
to beckon,
accept.
choosing giving
as their grace.
offering
futility,
unwittingly,
frustration
as biased reward.
recipient
impotent,
ashamed,
enraged,
at partisan merit.
resistance to reciprocity,
a delinquency.
balance
unaccepted,
ignored,
rejected,
self-blessing in the giving.
hands tied,
arms
cannot open wide.
equal engagement
nullified.