Hands Held Out

'Tis said that man comes alone
And will die alone
Whoever hands out a hand to him
Along the way
Remains none other than a friend in need!

Pray, a hand held out of selfishness
Becomes a hand to trample unto
To crush, to intimidate
To break, to pretend that it's none other
Than a hand worth less than a clod!

Why, is it not, in the very end,
The essence of life?
Living alone only to adorn our paths
With temporary held out hands,
By making of them artefacts worth showcasing
Keeping them as trophies on our shelves
Or, on the walls of our Facebook
Till, as Fate wills, each one does meet
With their turn of the wind!

After all, every parcel of life revolves in solo
And each one holds out their hands so as
To get there where they have to
Ants, even if available by the millions
Are helpless without the other
Wolves, though predatorial
Are easily vanquished if preying in solo
Orcas for the other, end up stranded
When they swim alone
The only one to bear with herself
Remains our Mother, Earth!

Earth yes, Earth is the only one to shoulder life
She absorbs the negativity of her children
She puts up with their tantrums
With their arrogance, with their evil nature
With their daring mistakes, with their blindness
With their sins, why, even with their tampers
Upon her sovereignty!

Pray, though a child of the Earth,
I remain, like the rest of them all,
My hands, I do hold them out,
As if, I were lost in a whirlpooling sea 
Surrounded by mad men,
Mad men, seeing not the madness
That surrounds them
Seeing, solely, the pleasures and the pains
They derive from it!

I hold out my hand and grapple on 
To those I need, to stay afloat
In the churning sea, to breathe
To smile, to pretend that I am at peace
With the Fate imposed upon me by the skies
And when the skies do beckon
I do react, accordingly
Even if, in the very end,
The skies' will has me wishing
I could take back my hand and perish
Alone
In this whirlpooling sea of madness!

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