Be Aware of the Person Talking Not Who They Talk About

School didn’t teach me about human behaviour 
if I had known the basics it would have been my saviour. 

How could I anticipate those so different to myself 
prepared to make the lowly moves that I would not have dealt 

who don’t know honest competition 
attacking from stealthy positions 
branding negativity 
on everyone they ever see 
against a person unaware 
talked about when they ain’t there 
a rumour lie or story where 
their reps destroyed out of thin air 

The slanderously unarmed soul 
who has no talent if truth be told 
delivering tales that unfold 
of someone bad of someone cold 
feeding minds a narrative 
some gossip to be parroted 
of he or she and what they did 
to make you judge the way they live 
and while the people sit and listen 
there is one thing they are missing 
the person talking in their vision 
seeing them for whom they isn’t 
because liars talk they have to lie 
they say it first do you know why? 
To get it out ahead of time 
they plant events into the mind 
while truth has no such motivation 
it’s dealing with the situation 
not trying to win over the nation 
like liars do in desperation. 

Pay attention to the person talking not who they talk about 
speak to the one they talk of and be sure to hear them out 
the one who plays the hero plays the victim without doubt 
they make others look negative in all they say and shout

Pay attention to the person talking not who they talk about

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 6/8/2023 12:25:00 PM
wise words indeed Nick:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 7/12/2023 10:38:00 AM
Thanks Jan :)
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