A million people locked
in a room of ‘normality.’
They never look at each other,
either directly or indirectly,
in the eye.
A 4 year old child
enters their room
and simply says:
‘I m sorry mummy’
(Without self-awareness,
judgement or pride)
A million people laugh out
so loud
they have tears in their eyes.
They all exit the room
with wry smiles on their faces
as their
selfish-pride-filled teardrops,
drown the naive child.
They re-enter the room
and resuscitate the child
but not until his
fervent, now cynical eyes
reveal he’s grown up enough
to be as bitter, resentful
and unforgiving as they’ve
so ignorantly and
irrationally become.
He committed suicide.
They continue to be nourished
by their arrogance and pride!
It is difficult to tell the kind of people that exist in this world,
until one takes a closer look at their inner beings
then reality begins to unfurl,
Good people are genuine and always try to help,
They seek to do the right things at all times,
even when warned by their minds,
They live in a modes of positivity and possiblities,
while bad people only know one way to be,
living in hate and negativity,
spending their lives ripping other people apart,
operating covertly in the dark,
never making a difference or being the solution
to a problem,
They find it exhilarating to give another person hell,
The fight between good and bad is always apparent,
when peoples' moral compasses are compromised
with bribes and lies.
Shopping day today and my supplies are low.
I plan on inviting everyone to a cook out
so I better make a list of what I will need.
I will need tolerance – sure I have some, but
there will be many showing up and I doubt
they will bring their own – for my crowd
will be many and varied.
Humor, humor, humor. I had better stock
up on that. If these people don’t
just get over themselves
and learn to take a joke, then I’m afraid
they are in for lots of very preventable aggravation.
Common sense. Now, I know it’s not
the most sought out hors d oeuvre , but
it is the most important. If more people would
help themselves to generous helpings of
common sense,
I do believe things would be much easier.
Some charm, civility, manners – good God, yes –
intelligence wouldn’t hurt, and we could
have us a real good time.
Unfortunately,
most people like to pig out on the
jealousy, envy, pride, prejudice on the
other tables. Scoop me some helpings of
rudeness, guile, back stabbing and pity while
you’re at it.
But, not at my cook out.
You only get served tolerance, humor, common sense,
charm, civility, manners, intelligence …
Come join me, but be prepared to join in.
If you surround yourself with people ready for success, how can you fail?
If you surround yourself with people in the spotlight, how can you not shine?
If you surround yourself with people full of love, how can you feel heartache?
If you surround yourself with people, how can you feel so alone?
I’ve never seen him
I don’t know anyone who has
I don’t know anyone who knows someone that has
I’ve never heard him
I don’t know anyone who has
I don’t know anyone who knows someone that has
But
I know some people
I know some people and they hear voices
I know some people and they truly believe what they hear
I watch them at night
I watch them and protect them
I watch them and protect them from the voices in their heads
Nobles and soul
They say:
You can buy anything on this earth,
Not nobles, it`s from birth.
This means the simple, proper style,
The elegant way to show your denial.
They say:
High class, great ethics are valued,
Best principles, good moral don`t delude.
At the old edge moral and gentle living,
At the early stages kindness respecting.
We say:
The people are equal from birth,
Nobody can take it from the entire earth.
If you are a deprived, poor and simple creature,
It doesn`t mean that you can`t have the same future.
We say:
Whatever edge we have, the same grave and mud,
The same happiness and pain we have around.
The same place, by all the people can hardly be achieved
In haven, the underprivileged ones are better received.
As soul, good words and facts are the only substances,
God, his love and our faith represent our confidences.
But a noble soul… anyone could have and share with us,
As main character`s feature is love and it will never pass.
Perfect, I have never been
But I will try my very best to be
I have tried to lead a good life
It is quite easy for people to see
I have not made the best choices
But few people ever do
There are many things I wish I could change
And start again a new
But thinking about it doesn't help
It only chases time away
So I will just let it go
And focus on today
May mistakes you have seen
And many more you will see
Please just know I am sorry
Because perfect I will never be
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