GOOD OVER BAD
Am I good, am I bad?
Question perplexes.
I know there is good in me;
That means bad is not far
Somewhere around
In the immediate vicinity.
There is no good
Without the bad
Or vice versa
None is all good
Or expressly bad
We aren’t Gabriel
Nor are we Beelzebub.
When you accept me
You don’t merely accept
What is good in me
And not deny the bad,
Oh no! That’d be impossible
I am an amalgam
Of good as well as bad.
If you ever want me
Please don’t say
You accept the good
But unfortunately not the bad.
If you still do…
And if you insist
Let’s call in experts
Why not call Shylock?
Or an eminent surgeon
To make a sure incision
To remove the bad surgically
A malign tumor if you like
Suture it secure enough
To pack the good in
To leave bad out
When none is looking.
So don’t ask the measure
Of the angel and devil in me
You’d not reach anywhere
Come to no decision
As I hang in the balance.
A mere commodity
And not a breathing, living
Dynamic entity.
But all these arguments
To me remain futile
Although wrote and sung
By philosophers, poets galore
The answer is not to justify
The bad in you;
But to constantly strive
To turn the evil
Into good all the time;
And become closer
To being wholly good
Or near enough
By letting the good win
Over evil every time
All the time.
8 replies on “Am I Bad⚜️⚜️⚜️”
When you really love, love makes no distinction. Love and period. Because there is empathy and there is no other measure. a fat man with a slim woman, a white woman with an African, a tall man with a short woman. There are no medical tests that determine who to love.
Your poem fascinated me. A very personal style.
Manuel
Love has no borders. We are all made up of fragments of glass. True love or to deeply love has no judgements. To genuinely love is a gift. Love is the most potent force in the universe. Thank you for you beautiful crique. Shalom ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️
It is an accurate definition of true love.
Oh no, that verse is not about love or true love please read. I have never written first tense before and was reluctant to post. I am very miscellaneous type of Author. It mcame from a series of manuscripts written my cleansing thesis. You may not be aware I am a Buddhist Monk. Their is no greater force than universal love.The power of the universe. Love by humans is a term used to describe how ”One” interprets how or what love means to them. Love maybe lust, colour, warmth, animals, nature. Words related to nouns verbs adjectives are working the English vocabulary only. Decipher alpha order is very complicated. In my world, we speak little; thoughts are pure. We walk in one pair of shoes. Judgement without scientific evidence is not fact. Buddhism is not a religion. Where I serve in reflection, have many different human-made ecclesiastical beliefs yet they to search for Enlightenment. Please enjoy some of these verses keeping in mind ” One” is somewhat like a grain of sand on a beach just trying to fit in to life on the planet with bare 👣 feet. My Father once told me ” all that education without application makes ”One” a bastard fool.” He was a sage Master ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️
Sorry. I have interpreted what you meant incorrectly. I apologize for that mistake. I don’t speak English but I use the translator.
With your explanation, I understand what you meant. Incidentally, it is a very precise and very convincing explanation.
Congratulations Sir, you are so intelligent. I haven’t mastered that skill yet. I’m sorry 💔 I will not write to many word my apologies please ⚜️⚜️⚜️😌😌😌
Do not worry. I understand you perfectly and no matter the length of the text. Rather, I appreciate your answer, and besides, I feel transported to another world because I didn’t know you were a Buddhist. With you you learn to know and see the world in a different way of thinking. Thank you for taking your time and thank you for being understandable.
Shalom ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️