SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL SPEAK NO EVIL
I thought I should think only good
I wished I should follow the Mahatma's deed.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
As he knew very well
He preached what he practiced
For he knew you can't help thinking evil.
Mahatmaji, with all respect to you
I follow your teaching
I see never, neither hear, nor speak evil.
But can't help thinking evil.
I believe I follow you
When I wish not to think of evil
Evil thoughts come to the devil.
So said a reasonable philosopher
An atheist thinks of God more often than the theist
As he believes in rejecting Him.
Every time he starts thinking to reject Him
He has to think of Him.
So, the atheist thinks of Him very often than the theist.
Oh! Evil! Thou shall have a death.
Evil! Not alone He dies.
I want a change in my mind "Let the evil be eliminated."
I would be good forever.
As good as good could be
But when all good prevails and no evil,
The world becomes monotonous, droning
And when no evil, only good.
There comes the problem, there is nothing good.
You should have a thing to distinguish
So, you need an evil to make the good exist as good.
You heard about the son of God
Here's a story about the Devil's lot
He spawned three males too
Dont judge before you hear the truth
These lads were innocent as a new born
So Lucifer was not happy with his spawn
He called them gargoyles and banished them from hell
I found them sat by the wishing well
They all looked cold and scared to death
So i took them home and nursed them to health
They were funny looking creatures with wings
Short, plump with horns, cute and scary looking
The first was named Friluce, he was blind
The second was a deaf little swine
Goes by the name of Reficul, a funny little one
The third poor little devil Ecrulif was speachless dumb
They dedicated their life to protecting my famiy
From evil forces we cannot see
Witch made old Lucifer more crazy
To see his spawn as innocent and free
So thats the story of the devil's three lads
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil conquers the bad
when life give you lemons you make lemonade
when life gives you a job its time to get paid
when life gives you women you'll surely get laid
but obsess over all this you'll end up a slave
see no evil hear no evil speak no evil please
just because I'm Satanist people think that I'm diseased
but I assure you all that I'm the cleanliest you'll ever see
cuz one of the things that separate is the fact I'm still me
I don't really care for the opinions of what you think
cut you, you cut me we bleed red and both show pink
inside were the same its our tones that are both distinct
if we keep fighting this war its all who will be extinct
when life gives you lemons
you can try to paint them gold
but you'll always be reminded
cuz inside still turns to mould
When crepuscular shadows loomed in a bay
to grate upon this opulent view’s grandeur,
my visceral thoughts reeled like windmills
where breaths heaved low, desultory the mind.
Gazing at Anger, doubts replayed a cynical past,
in lone sojourn...winds hummed,” speak no evil”
yet, penumbra of waves turned desultory.
Until a hundred stars bathed my eyes whole,
kindling exuberant rays, to console love’s blow;
and jealousy faded, in homage to a halcyon moment.
Silent One’s Contest
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
2/01/2016
The touch of their slice bleeds out my exuberant self
As the pain they bring within, into anger ferments
A hot spring of words akin to crepuscular hues bursts within
But before my mouth can utter, consciousness becomes visceral
And a blanket of penumbra covers my imploring, hurtful words
My desultory state is taken back to halcyon times of my solitude-
Did I not engage that inner voice to breathe opulent emotions in me?
And often have I not prayed against jealousy to retaliate?
“Why now result to being cynical, yet two wrongs balloon the wrong?” it asks
“Bless and do not curse” is the sonorous voice that hushes my rage
©GraceM Composition
"see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" ten word challenge - Silent One
1/2/2016
In the crepuscular hour, the green
Monster of jealousy, arises as a penumbra
To display sonorous words that tie off
A cynical quarrel that begets visceral feelings
Leaving far behind in time, a halcyon that was
Ravishing and opulent, to a desultory present
Dwelling in a state of profound sorrowness
Seeing the world with a blue ambiance
Until one day, an exhuberant prism of colors
Enhance your life with a new hope
For see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Silent One
Third Place
1-31-2016
Six slovenly inebriated men engage in their regular crepuscular activity
nursing their beers with desultory chit-chat in the penumbra of a local restaurant.
One man, whose jealousy of those with opulent lives makes him the most cynical,
is pontificating about the idle rich who live off the backs of the poor when he eyes
an exuberant woman with obvious halcyon life-style, who enters the establishment,
diamonds on one hand and looking strangely out of place, a young child on the other!
With an immediate visceral reaction, the man swears venomously at the woman.
She, with a sonorous voice, puts a finger up to her ruby lips, turns to him and replies,
“We can’t always control our thoughts; nor what we may be forced to see and hear.
However, we can control our words. Sir, restrain yourself, and speak no evil.”
Written Jan. 31, 2016
For the "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" ten word challenge Poetry Contest
Words used: crepuscular, desultory, exuberant, halcyon, cynical, visceral, sonorous, penumbra, opulent, jealousy
Hear No Evil
To hear no evil is a fantasy
and cynical to think that this can be,
unless one lives in crepuscular ways,
kept halcyon and free from worldly maze.
Our modern times bellow sonorous words
made opulent by followers, like herds...
sans jealousy...scream desultory news
exuberant to spread visceral views
matter not how dark their penumbra be.
To hear no evil is a fantasy.
Sandra M. Haight
~3rd Place~
Contest: "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" Ten Word Challenge
Sponsor: Silent One
Chosen: Hear No Evil
Judged: 02/01/2016
See No Evil
Let not your vision be distorted by the green eyes
of jealousy that raises its invidious ugly head,
overflowing with cynical thoughts,
slithering like a serpent into visceral minds,
hiding like a virus in crepuscular crevices,
and in the pervasive penumbra of
desultory doubt and deep despair.
But heed the divine sonorous summons
to see all that is full of exuberant goodness,
opulent truth, and halcyon light.
crepuscular, desultory, exuberant, halcyon, visceral
cynical, sonorous, penumbra, opulent, jealousy
01-30-2016
Contest: See No Evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil - 10 Word Challenge
Sponsor: Silent One
Placement: 2nd
Gossip can be opulent, dramatic in display
But often it's the subtle ways, penumbra shadows play
Crepuscular whispers fall through cracks, and dims the light of day
Jealousy brings misery, discord can cloud the air
A friendship, fraught with cynical flair, assures the boundary's blurred
Desultory words can fray the seams, and rip apart visceral dreams
Halcyon ease is not achieved when exuberant rumors bring a tear
Have our friendships passed the test of time, or have sonorous rumblings shattered glass?
Do gossip mongers walk on ice?
These are questions we must ask
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1/30/16 (Speak No Evil)
Submitted for contest: "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil"
Sponsored by Silent One
(10 word challenge...
Crepuscular, Desultory, Exuberant, Halcyon, Visceral,
Cynical, Sonorous, Penumbra, Opulent, Jealousy)
With visceral conviction, I say, speak no evil,
Oh, the jealousy consumed;
Like crepuscular insects you hide deceitful,
I wish for a halcyon day with peaceful people.
And keep your cynical disillusioned opinions,
Your penumbra shadows dim my illumination;
Sonorous, my voice- stay away from my dominion,
Give my opulent, sumptuous writes verification.
Oh, the desultory confused;
With exuberant conviction, I say speak no evil.
___________________________
January 26, 2016
Poetry/Rhyme/Speak No Evil
Copyright Protected, ID 16-749-239-0
All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.
For the contest, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Sponsor, Silent One
Fourth Place
Watcher's hidden play unfair
as pride of lions in their lair
ferocious is their mental attack
stage of life a brutal tract
A landscape played,yet unseen
sinister administers of our being
believe unfit the human race
foregone to heaven is our place
Discouraging most,other's to humiliate
exchanging love in fear for hate
our weakness shows,then it grows
temptation is their carnival show
Spectators and loose participants
nothing but toy's are we,entertainment
they crank the lever as an organ grinder
we dance like monkeys becoming blinder
The three monkey's should be an example
see no evil...hear no evil...speak no evil.....
Evil lurks in the shadow of tree's
looking to cut down you and me......
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