Thursday 17 July 2014

lessons from the squamates




image: google


When they say you are full of venom
I say look inside and see how much venom we have
we have labeled them nicely
jealous, hatred, envy, hostility and what not

When they say you scare people
I say we humans scare each other all the time
attacking each others territories
scaring the life out of natives

When they say you are a slimy creature
Aren't we? We want to slither away
from situations we don't want to face
afraid of finding out our true color

We are forgetting that you attack only when disturbed
you are happy in your world
we delve in poking our noses in every ones affair
we are not happy in our world and we don't want others to be happy too!!

It's time to introspect and learn
learn from our fellow beings in this world
find out our true self
nature is the best teacher

topic: Snakes

14 comments:

  1. Bless you! I hope we have more of the positive qualities of snakes after a while. The details and tone of this poem make it a delight to read.

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    1. Under details, I should have mentioned the telling parallels ... brilliant.

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    2. Thank you Susan for your kind words...smiles..

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  2. I love how you have used the quote and made it into your own piece..humankind is certainly more dangerous to itself than any other species..

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    1. thank you Jae Rose..if we want peace then change should occur inside us..

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  3. find out our true self
    nature is the best teacher

    Many believe in this! Quite rightly so Arathi!

    Hank

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  4. So very true, Arathi. I think oftentimes humans can be more venomous than people can. Snakes at least have clear intentions with their venom. Humans venom is often cloaked in flowered words!

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    1. yes Mary..with snakes we know what to expect..but with humans...we all experience it every now and then..
      thank you :)

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  5. i think there is much we could learn of our fellow beings...and in that we are not much different...but we tend to settle into that place of dominance, thinking we are above it....above them...

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    1. true Brian and that dominance makes us blind to see what's there..thank you:)

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  6. Yes the world is full of schadenfreude. Tis the nature of man.

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    1. yes..and the only way out is to introspect..thank you:)

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  7. True. We are always comparing and preaching while we fail to follow what we preach others.

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