Negativity

When you think negative,
         skepticism
  abounds with venom.
    Your delusion and
       contradiction
    feed the shame.

  When you let hostility
       overrule your
         individuality,
       you diverge into
a negative transparency,
      an illusion of life.

    Negativism flourishes,
              enriched
by the removal of the positive,
        the rejected image
        needed to redeem
          your humanity.

    Lack of the positive
   creates the isolation,
        the liability of
  the ‘cause and effect’
         triggered by
          negativity.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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December 19, 2011 at 8:42 AM
Congratulations on your excellent poetry being featured this week Janet. Welcome as a new Premium Member for life. Love, Carol
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December 21, 2011 at 4:49 PM
I am honored to be featured. Thanks a bunch. Merry Christmas. Janet
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