Onus of Living

Nicholas Browning

Torn and battered, a bard's song carried throughout a millennium.

In verse, parchment, adaptations are made.

Sung, written, belittled and praised:

And still it would be forgotten.

 

Consent, give it. Bestow upon yourself true understanding.

Perspective is a fundamental.

A fact must be seen before it be trusted,

Exonerate the sinners while condemning the innocents.

 

Triumphant in your bitter duty,

Respectful in all dignified concepts.

Live in reverie, till the last of your days,

But no one shall recall from which massacre you really leapt.

 

Give credence to your cause,

Your purpose shall never sway.

Designed like all the rest of us;

We will live, and then decay.

 

 

  • Author: Nicholas Browning (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 20th, 2018 03:46
  • Comment from author about the poem: Something that needed to be addressed. Enjoy if it please you!
  • Category: Sociopolitical
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  • orchidee

    yes, the same end for every human being. This came to mind reading this - St Francis of Assisi said 'What one is before God, that is what one is, and no more'.

    • Nicholas Browning

      A human. Indeed. See? This one was as plain as day! Victory at last! But of course it shan't be remembered!

      • orchidee

        I'm not human sometimes. I'm half-human, half guinea-pig, as in my pic, so I say. Which one is me? lol.

        • Nicholas Browning

          Refer to Demon and the Pretender lol xD

        • onepauly

          Great Write
          it means something
          i'll take impassivly

          • onepauly

            sorry I meant passivily.
            don't know everything.
            great write again.
            it shall be recorded in eternity.

            • Nicholas Browning

              Haha, thank you sir. That's a good title for a poem. Hmmmmm.

              • onepauly

                I am humbly at your feet.
                ha! ha! ha!

              • Daveyboyz

                There's truth in this, well written.

              • Michael Edwards

                Unless we are cremated..! great final line.

              • Goldfinch60

                Very good write Nicholas. My body may well decay or get blown in the wind but My Spirit will go on forever.

                • Nicholas Browning

                  Hah, that's a wonderful belief sir. I respect that greatly.



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