One & the Same

Humanity in us all....

What do we really know

                of our fellow man

can we see beyond

               the elegant facade

             are we aware of his mission

his strife

when one is sardonic,

               illogical or bereft

do we turn away

 or can we feel their pain?

We all live 

                      in our own little salty cocoons

        not all are privy 

              to our secrets & sacrifices

   taken into consideration

            when times are bad

put on a smiling front

                     or shoot someone down

it all comes from a place

                   we keep deep within

Keep in mind 

               everyone is living

 in their own moment

      we are all one and the same,

                                yet very different

the villain, the hero,

                     the person next to you

       differing temperature scopes

             we all bleed red and blue

   

 look past the caustic scars

'let kindness be our fortitude'

 ~let humanity in~

Reviews

[Barbara Walker]

I like this poem. I try to cut people some slack, when they are rude to me because you just never know what they are going through. By the same token, I have hoped for the same from others, thinking, oh, please, if you knew what was happening in my life! But then I think I am asking for special treatment. A lot of women are that way, they will be nicer to others than themselves! This is a subject not written about often and you did a great job with it!

[Frieda P]

I hear ya Barbara, I try to do the same...thanks for your kind thoughts.

[InsanityWriter]

Great work. :) I really like it, especially the last couple lines! (:

[SHEEMA HUQ]

I love this Lamis Dachwali painting
as for your poem, well this is extremely high minded and philosphical and reads like a professional pamplet, I really enjoyed, thanks

[Frieda P]

Yes, me too, it's quite stunning. Thanks SHEEMA, love this review!

[Claire Twinn]

True words Frieda, it's so easy to judge without really understanding.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Claire, your words always mean a lot.

[Michael G.]

beautifully penned thoughts. I wish.

[Frieda P]

I know, me too. Thanks Michael.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Beautifully penned Frieda and a great message. Compassion and mercy go a long way in this world.

[Frieda P]

They sure do, what part of that don't people get I wonder. Thanks Carolann.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Most of it I would say.

[Frieda P]

How unfortunate is that?

[Carolann Dowsett]

Tell me about it. But there are still some good people left and I guess we can always lead by example.

[Frieda P]

One can only hope, just seems to me, all the negative stuff stands out louder and clearer to many....but you're right.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Yes it does very much so, and it becomes hard for us not to focus on it and not to let it overwhelm us. Life sure aint no bed of roses that's for sure.

[Frieda P]

Ha now that's an understatement. A long time ago a therapist told me to read The Road Less Traveled, he then asked me what the first line was, which had stuck in my head..."Life is difficult', which I repeated back to him, he said 'my your a fast learner, now don't ever forget that line either, life will be easier once you realize this'....

[Carolann Dowsett]

Haha that is so true but we can take the little pieces of joy we manage to get and live in those shutting out all the crap. That make life easier.

[Dalia]

let humanity in...
you've said it all Frieda.
amazing.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Dalia, much appreciated.

[Ahmad Cox]

Aww. This poem was very special and inspired and I truly enjoyed reading it. There are a lot of deep truths shared and expressed through this poem. I wish that more people could understand.

[Frieda P]

Me too...not sure what the problem is actually, make perfect sense to me, thanks Ahmad.

[Chris]

...and let OUR humanity out.

[Frieda P]

Amen...

[Margarette]

Oh, this poem made me remember what I just learned from my biology class. I can relatively relate this to selective gene expression where our cells are composed of the same genes but the difference lies whether they will be activated or not, regulated or not, and expressed or not. Homologously, like humanity, we tend to only act when the situation rings as an alarm to us. We limit ourselves to helping others thinking that we are very much different when,in fact, we all have genomic equivalence. Thanks for sharing this beautiful poem. I'm glad I read this.

[Frieda P]

Not enough alarms going off apparently, thanks for your thoughts Margarette.