Notice of absence from L. B. Mek
'fare ye well' kind friends
'fare ye well' kind friends
boxed in
our gender’s plight, scurrying
tadpole shapes
of creation’s fight
boxed in
by our skin’s tint
even before
cooing a greeting
boxed in
our weight classes,
from scales
on birth certificates
boxed in
our life’s stream
raked raw
swimming upstream
boxing out
from feeling doubt
in all that surrounds:
for those stifling sides
never square up
under spotlight
© L. B. Mek
January 2020
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Good write LB.
How true. No form or certificate can contain us. We are free will individuals. A mix of saints and sinners, black or white, qualified or not "legitimate" or not. Shamed by authorities who would consign us to "type".
'type'-cast, by modern society's cynical traits
yet we progressives - collectively dismay and deplore
'other' cultures with 'Caste' value systems...
thank you Dusk, for once again choosing to support with your important and insightful comments, always appreciated
We are born with a genuine fondness for one another we just let ourselves get talked out of it.
Good read L.B.
I'm not sure my friend, Rousseau's 'social contracts' are beautiful as ideal's but almost impossible to sustain, in practicality's reality...
I think Nature demands we compete
the very basis for or survival and/or ability to evolve,
More likely, in acknowledging our fallible nature
we become aware of our failings internally
and hence take accountability quickly, thereby
insuring at least our actions
are tilted towards decency for the majority...
where we look for other's to guide
our own morality indexes and worse still: if we 'choose'
to rely on other's participation by reciprocating
our levels of decency and moral virtue, we intrust
our self-worth on their threadbare emotional whims...
sorry Jerry, once more I'm replying with my armchair philosophical sermon, like I know any better... lol
thanks for your supportive comment
Well said, L.B.
At least here on MPS we don't have to feel boxed in and can feel accepted all around.
indeed, MPS is a uniquely 'inclusive' environment for the most part, but we each have a responsibility to insure we maintain it that way for as long as we can, it should never be taken for granted - be sure,
those who only want divisiveness and catastrophe to reign: to sustain their doom and gloom mindset,
are amongst us, armed with their cranky and petty commentary,
still, we must try and prevail...
thanks for taking the time to comment and support, mahalo
Those boxes may be in our lives but only the bad times in my life are hidden in them so that the light of my life is always with me.
Andy
what a wonderful metaphor for that 'glass half full' mindset we all crave, maybe for those strong enough, they can reimagine their view of society's constricting boxes, into empty slots for their binned 'unwanted' - of life,
even if purely hypothetical and fantastical, it's a nice aesthetic of life to contemplate...
what a brilliantly uplifting comment Andy, thanks for taking the time to support my friend
We are creatures that constrain ourselves in false limitations
A good write indeed
so true, much of it is indeed self-inflicted...
appreciate your comment and support dear Poet
Engaging write . Interesting words ,
glad you could connect with it
thanks for taking the time to comment and support.
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