Do I differ from a criminal
Is the difference minimal?
I want money, so does he
He just wants it more, you see
So much more that he takes it,
if there’s a rule, he breaks it,
builds himself rationalizations,
Tosses off justifications
We all rationalize,
dress our motives in disguise.
He feels entitled, so much nerve
But don't we feel we deserve?
Though we know its not right
We feel envy, rage, and spite
So maybe those knobs are turned up more
I'd like to ask him, but he'd be sore.
Is it a matter of degree?
Or is there a chasm between him and me.
Is it life's blows made him that way?
Was he moldable like clay?
Good men have done bad things
Like an angel that lost wings
Is there a lift to regain the crown
or is there just one way; and that way's down?
Criminality,
is just a symptom of a failing society.
This time
My mime.
Next time
My line.
Code of the veil was
darkening. You were searching for an
unwritten message in bandanna.
Rot was setting in flesh.
Sludge was becoming a stone
for an unmoving stream.
The talks had failed.
Hand-grenades will explode in shouts
later on, to resume the protocol of death.
Where we are going in evening
of woods ? To go searching for the sapient
ancestors, in city of fingers ?
Years were rolling by in fog.
The arguments were climbing on the
black hills to meet a drunk god.
Satish Verma
Dedicated: To United Kingdom riots, 2011
No doubt, person isn’t wise,
Honest and industrious.
Then
Why is criminality?
Raping, killing, robberies and lootings etc,
When a person is greedy or selfish,
Fails to gain benefit or enjoy pleasure,
He makes excuse,
Or offers options.
Or condemn others.
He is religious, academic or professional,
And has no job.
I don’t need a wife but partner,
Want to live together,
To compare a living standard,
Wife, horrible to accept someone’s nature,
Partner, good idea, you can change at any time.
Children, too expensive,
Hard to afford,
Brother, sisters, mother and father,
Headache, always seeking free help,
Support , what?
Relationship,
Why?
This is my business,
I’m capable,
I know how to live a better life.
Education, what does teach us?
Religion, what does offer us?
Social justice, economic reforms,
Are right to claim personality?
Can we change something?
Are we able to do it?
Is it right to kill, rob, rape someone?
Can we learn about disappointments?
What is our target?
How can we satiate a greedy and selfish soul?
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