Magnificent Indifference
Something strange did come over me
just a couple of years ago,
a way of confronting the world
that I think many never know.
The realization that others
will never truly know my mind,
so living by their opinions
would be truly asinine.
How could they know the vagaries
that help inform my own judgment?
These thoughts were the beginning of
my magnificent indifference.
I mean who cold know me better
then I know of me myself?
And what I’m seeking out in life,
who could be better to tell?
Why fear what they will think of me,
if they think of me at all,
what makes their words better than mine?
Who says that they’ll make the good call?
To make decisions by your own will
is the only thing that makes sense,
You should not have it otherwise,
choose magnificent indifference.
Because it always seemed to me
that we think mostly of our lives,
so who else could make informed choice?
Who’d be qualified to decide?
No one, and yet, I see people
terrified of what others think,
surrendering their sovereignty
so they won’t appear the weak link.
The thought of being on their own
leaves them all frightful and tense,
they seem to live in mortal fear
of magnificent indifference.
I often try to tell those folks
that they will never feel more free;
that the true individual
enjoys the greatest liberty.
Some fear going to the movies,
afraid that they’ll be ‘seen alone,’
or won’t even go shopping if
they’ll have to do it on their own.
In the end it’s a life half-lived
that is the final consequence,
I’d rather chose to see the world,
thank magnificent indifference...
For what is life but your chance
to exist in a unique way?
We exist once and only once
so why not live it by your say?
I know it can seem scary
to win of fail by your decree,
but it’s only if you step up
that there’s a shot at victory.
Trust to your own intuition,
though the weight of it seems immense,
the rewards will be worth the rick,
trust magnificent indifference.
I’m not saying don’t take advise,
or learn from the lives of others,
I’m saying you must make the call,
you can’t leave it to another.
Because the people who do that
will live a life of slow despair,
and there one shot at living life
will suffer and go nowhere.
Don’t worry what others will think,
it will lead to your detriment;
I hope you choose to live your life
with magnificent indifference.
Copyright © David Welch | Year Posted 2019
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