You Wouldn’t Know Looking at Me – A Poem

Website design By BotEap.comYou wouldn’t know looking at me
that with my calm countenance
and my quiet sincerity
I do not follow any god
I don’t follow any creed
but mine
that I trust mine
experiences and options
to guide me
protect me
straight to me
do the right thing
and I don’t need
someone else tell me
what i can or can’t do
I am my own person
I can not believe
what could there be
so much suffering in this world
if I had
some kind of god
some deity
taking care of me
watching us all
I can not believe
he would leave
so many innocents die
without reason
I can not believe
he has a plan for all of us
that we all have destinations
predestined by him
predestined by him
no choice
form
gold for you
I can not believe
that such a being could exist
that a being so cruel and fickle
I could control my destiny
I can not believe that…

Website design By BotEap.comBut you wouldn’t know that
not just by looking at me
you couldn’t know that
I bare my soul every day
to this apathetic world
to this cruel world
to this indifferent world
through my pen
and my ink
and my paper
the tools of my trade
my passion
my love
I put my heart
we have golden tray
from which the world celebrates
Day in
and day out
until i get it back
shattered and devastated
by the scavengers
for the war
out of hate
because of fear
for suffering
and when my bleeding heart
come back to me
I’m left hurt and broken
and sad
but then that thin ray of light
shines
lighting up the dark
casting back the shadows
bringing back hope
and a promise
that there is something better-
something better…

Website design By BotEap.comAnd you wouldn’t know it by looking at me
that terror seized me
possessed me
I control myself
while looking at my little sister
that beautiful boy
tormented by tremors
like her little body
attorney,
how about scared
lay so close to my heart
but i had hope
and hope prevailed
and the girl
has grown so much
in such a lovely child
with that blonde hair
and those cornflower eyes
and I am very grateful
and so proud of her
because she got ahead
a little survivor
but i will never forget
that awful terror…

Website design By BotEap.comyou wouldn’t know
couldn’t tell by looking at me
that I firmly believe
in the power
of the individual
at exact change
in the nation
in the world
that knowledge is
the key to that magnificent power
so keep learning
because no one knows everything
and we are never
too full of knowledge
because there is always
It will always be
more to learn
more to teach
more to create
more to share
it goes on and on
endless
Always
in a continuum
and amazing
cycle of knowledge…
I will never stop
trying to be the best
I can be
Never stop
writing
because it is my soul
my essence
my own being
my own power
is that through which
I can affect the world
change the world

Website design By BotEap.comBut you wouldn’t know me
not for looking at me
you wouldn’t really know me
but if you listen very well
and understand my words
maybe you’ll get to know me
because of who i am
as i hope
what will you strive to do
because I think
that all are worth knowing,
And you?

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