Bountiful lambaste
The insults will
come
A dismissal
Neglectfulness
Misunderstandings
– innumerable
And blind-sided
putdowns.
They pinpoint
emphasis
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| Augustine Kofine |
So if I turn the
other cheek
Does this create
a more significant person?
If I comply
Be decent to all
who cross
Does this
improve my worth?
Will I rise tomorrow?
Satisfied
Sleep quickly
Content?
Who will hover
To mark my
progress?
Who will promote
my good deeds?
How I do I
measure my contribution to society?
How will I know
if it is enough?
And if deemed as
such
Will it grant me
peace?
Or bestow
satisfaction
In a whirlpool
of confusion
Where the
selfish soar
And the
righteous are punished
Too many times
For sense to
subdue.
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| Haw Par Villa Singapore 'Ten Courts of Hell' - Photography by Raytoei |
Yes, so much senselessness and so few answers. As always, you eloquently capture hars realities of humanity.
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Thank you dear Robyn. xo
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ReplyDeleteI feel like I am dwelling in exile much of the time. Turn the other cheek, for what? To have it whacked. Put them in their place before they blind side me with a putdown. We're all selfish, all self serving, just some people are less obvious and smile sweetly when they do it. A poem for our times Anthony.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much my friend. Definitely for the times. Sad isn't it.
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