I listen and I am imprisoned
Always standing in the witness box
Answering questions that lawyers ask
Why do you?
Why did you?
Why didn’t you?
Do this?
Don’t do this?
Be this!!!
Be that!!!
And the questions are endless
As standing there I am judged
Expected to conform to others notions of rights and wrongs...
Why can’t we let people Be
Give them space to breathe
Grant them their right to survive
So Love, trust and respect thrive
Let them be free to travel their journey of self discovery
But no……
We judge and maim with our stereotyped notions
We label and libel as we needlessly gossip
Calumny we hold in great esteem and crucify with glee
As we kill with words mercilessly
We slander, we vilify, we libel, we malign…
And it takes two seconds to annihilate and lifetimes to build
Yet we seek to destroy another’s reputation at will
Try to kill through character assassination
And we cut people to size through our belittling, derisive minds
Wrongly we think we grow taller by making others shrink
But we forget the journey is ours to begin with
Our words tell our story…not that of others
And to live …….
We have to let live….
g_madhuri
thanks...it feels good when good writers appreciate makes writing interesting...
reffy
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Wow. Nice poem.
Loved these lines:
But we forget the journey is ours to begin with
Cheers,
Madhuri
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sanghouston
seeing you after a long time!! hope you have settled in ...glad to see you back:))0
true ..and well said...
thank you for the feedback
reffy
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Live and Let live .... sounds so easy and yet is the hardest thing to do. We just can'thelp the way we are. Sometmes we judge people without even realising it. That could be one of the reasons to live onthis earth ... to keep feeling and living and breathing till we reach a stage when we can stop judging people. The day we start accepting others for what they are and look beyond outward appearances .... that would be the day of true independence .... spiritual independence.
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yashasvi2001
thanks...but what made you think deep and deeper..:)))
reffy
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love as a cleansing factor and the power of alternative for heart's sake.....
the way you power fully built up the hate and the heart... in these few feelings an dwords...
great one indeed..
and yeah one needs to read and re-read the poem , it made me to think deep...... deeper till I drowned my self in your words
yashasvi
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Meera San
How are you? glad to see you back with you analytical and thought provoking rambling feedback..:)))
Yeah! ignorance does that...and it also creates insecurities...and all that...
Love does not lead to jealousy...possessiveness does..love just brings out the best in a person but you are right it also brings out the worst...
now I am as confused as ever...:)))))
thanks for the confusions....it make life worth discovering:)))))
reffy
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LakshmiMukundan
Yes we do lose so much when we just sit and judge
reffy
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Reffy,
Love the painting...
I had read this 2 times and got my thoughts in tangent :(
closed minded ignorant people, who just can't see beyond a plane and simply cannot do so and cozy in their comfort zone, would judge, gossip, slander, belittle, everybody else. This is my observation. They put themselves on a high horse, pedestal and pass judgements and make others shrink... well.. ignorance gives birth to jealousy - insecurity... and grrr.. HATE.
oh... the legacy, I have ponder SO much on it..... had to get to the bottom of it... basically ignorance -
Time to clean up the place, it stinks - only love does that :) Wouldn't that be cool if love could eradicate hate, but then, love does create insecurity and hate too :O
well..I am rambling...
Meera
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Good one Reffy,
We ste ourselves up as judges and lose so much in life b y so doing
LM
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