Your ethics you should carve in stone
But your opinions in sand you should write-
This advice has guided me as older I have grown
In abiding by my ethics and trying to do what is right
My moral code is quite crystallized but where I falter
Is in drawing my opinions in sand
Sometimes I get too rigid and fail to alter
My opinions because I do not try to understand
The alternative viewpoint backed by substantial evidence
That is being presented to me
I have etched my opinion in stone, hence
I think it is carved indelibly..
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As time goes by I have realized
Not forming opinions is the best strategy
And once formed, I should be willing to revise
The opinion, when I see evidence to the contrary..
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Let my opinions be written lightly in the sand
Such that the wind can sweep them away
As long as my ethics are not compromised
With appropriate evidence my opinion you can sway
Passion...unbridled 