You cannot always be generous,
Sometimes there are things that you are not ready to share
Things you must for a time hold on to
There are times when you feel the insecurity of scarcity
and cannot believe in abundance
You cannot always be generous,
But please,
Don’t be mean
You cannot always be genuine
Sometimes you do not know yourself, your mind
You fear the light is too bright for your true colors
The cards too clearly staked against you
Your courage lets you down
You cannot always be genuine
But please,
Don’t be false
You cannot always be kind
Sometimes you feel repelled, repulsed
Sometimes you have to turn away, turn your back and walk
Sometimes your soul is small and scared
You haven’t any strength to spare
You cannot always be kind
But please
Don’t be cruel
.
.
Dhaka 2013
It is truly a motivational poem. Your verses are simple but extraordinary. Yes sometimes we do feel not to share our feelings with someone. We just don’t want to share them. That doesn’t mean we are lying. That only means we are not ready to share our inner feelings. We can’t be mean to someone if we don’t want to share. Sometimes we don’t have enough courage to raise our voice, to stand against the injustice, but that doesn’t mean we would take a false step to justify our act. There are situations when we turn our back knowing that we should be kind towards people. We can’t gather strength to be kind to them when they are in peril. It’s better not to be cruel to them if we can’t help them. Cruelty makes us the worst sort of person.
Once again it’s an amazing poem dear.
I like this one!!