Why, the worst enemy of man is man
for man has subdued everything else
Fear not the tiger, fear the murderer's plan
Just hearken well to what history yells!
At times twas jingoism, at times a rancorous desire to do harm
Fear just man's malice and his ugly evil
If his dagger blow fails, he'll get you by black magic charm
His heart and mind alone well shelter the devil.
For how many fall prey to lions or snakes
one could even count them on fingers
Man invented a cure for smallpox but missiles too he makes
and he mercilessly kills without harbingers.
Man invented as many things for his destruction and harm
as he did for his benefit and good
He's inventor of bombs as well as tractors on the farm
And doesn't he detest acting as he should?
Man alone is behind the bloodiest of bloodshed
The angels too had foreseen his wars and battles
From the gory battlefield to the humble homestead
with the shrieks of murder our earth forever rattles!
Close your doors and your home secure
not to deter beasts, but to lock out the robber, the thief
For no greater danger than man lurks there for sure
Fear not the fierce bull, that you can turn into beef!
Wild beasts might be known to gobble us up
but isn't man as well found to be a cannibal?
Gosh, humans too on human flesh do sup
Man tis far more fearsome than any poor animal.
The greatest enemy of man thus is man himself
How much blood has he ruthlessly spilt of his own kind
Look out for the bottle of poison on his shelf
Till the deed is done, no knowing what goes on in his mind.
The poor young lady refrains from venturing out at night
How now, what does she so fear?
She fears nothing but assault by man's might
so rarely is she stalked by a grizzly bear!
Fortunately for us, this ain't how it always ends
man can always be the best of friends
So we can still count more on buddies and cronies
instead of focusing on foes and fiends.
For man he can be a hero and saviour
if judicious he is about right and wrong behaviour.
Besides if any religiön's allowed to foretell
the end of ALL killers and murderers
is that inferno of divine wrath we all know as hell!
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S.zaynab.M.V.Kamoonpury (Pseudonym) (
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A powerful write of man and his darker side, that will destroy itself in the end, sadly we have been the same since we were created or since we evolved, nicely expressed write
Yeah poet, man becomes like that only when he heeds satan and does Satan\'s bidding.
Thanks soo much for great thoughts on this,
You are very welcome
Destruction is the inheritance of the house divided from itself.
Your comment is a bit complex, plz explain if you will , or thanks for your thoughts regardless, cheers,
A good read and one with which I must agree. I fear little in this life except other people. A good read
Thanks soo much for feedback, indeed we live in fear of wordly super powers destroying those they made poor, for land or oil.
You are most welcome unfortunately the world has always been one of exploitation
You got that right and I think the only "solution" is for man to understand that love for all including those who are different from us is the only way out of our self-made mess. I hope that enough of us get and apply that message while there is still time.
Yes poet and also to not care so much about materialistic desires as to kill others for it. Thanks soo much for great comment,
You're welcome.
So very true my friend - it’s sad than man always sabotages himself and is quite honestly the root to his own misery and demise - yet we have the power to be someone great and admirable if we choose to do so and learn from our own mistakes as well as others
Warm thanks for great novle thoughts adding to my poem nicely.
As a species we are full of contradictions; we lay waste and we create, we starve and yet we survive, we are adept at loving as well as hating. For me, your powerful poem speaks to the nature of man's constant struggle to keep the opposing forces of good and bad in balance. A very powerful and thought provoing write.
Warm thanks for your eloquent thoughts on this. The bad esp when it is genocide is too evil to be allowed and everyone should do everything to stop it ah.
beautifully rendered how evil man can be - to be more feared than the beasts of the jungle - and yet, there is hope for redemption
well said !!!
There is hope when people at least condemn and protest genocide and war.
Warm thanks for great comment,
Powerful work. Excellent
Thanks soo much for great feedback
Wonderfully expressed! And full of truth. This is a treatise on human behavior.
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