Heart of Cheating

Cheating contaminates this world

Destroying, beautiful garden

barren;

Scorpions and Centipedes;

Poison;

Never ever feels others heart;

Warmth;

Moves behind the door;

Always;

Tracking others pleasures;

Pure

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is an amazing poem. Quite unlike anything I've read & that's high points in my book. It's a little surprising when your msg goes from negative to positive, but then the two halves are so balanced, it all feels like a natural juxtaposition, two sides of a coin. I've NEVER heard anyone use scorpions & centipedes to symbolize cheaters, but I can't think of more ugly & disgusting creatures. I try to heed the Buddhist creed to respect all sentient beings, but I simply cannot stand certain bugs. It's a remarkable talent to use just a couple words & conjure up so much palpable disgust, the reader feels like shuddering. Nicely done (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend; Buddhists, Hinduism, Jainism, and related religions derived out of ancient wisdom sees every being on this earth share a source out of mother earth. Look Earth is their mother. But in our daily life; we have choices of likes and dislikes; Scorpions are symbols of Zodiac (oct-nov); A group of stars are named out of this poisonous creature; but it is their natural instinct to inject poison from the tip of the tail; we see nothing trouble while we are standing on its front; like wise cheaters are like that; they inject trouble; centipedes are crawlers; but we never recognize its speed and way they inject poisons. I feel there are lot more faces of traits reflecting out of other creatures also resembling human traits. Why we love parrots? Why we love rabbits? Why we hate snakes? I cannot use Snakes because they are straight forward! We all know that. Crabs are straight forward... like that list is long and unending. When we reseach it; you see everything human (traits) inside every living being.

[barleygirl]

To be honest, I'm entertained by your way of explaining. You are quite an unusual character in many good ways!

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Great form, symmetry, cadence, use of language and imagery here ArundassTP. Deep symbolism of these creatures felt. On the surface benign, but venomous beneath as are cheaters-yes. Excellent write.

[Arundass TP]

Thanks friend

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A pure pleasure to read this one.... How different emotion can entangle and observing merely one's own emotion can be treacherous

[Arundass TP]

thank you friend

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is like two poems in one. The one word lines signify how pleasures might be pure, but only pure pleasure.
Loyalty and truth and love are given up when the cheating occurs.
j.

[Arundass TP]

thank you friend

[Cyprian Van Dyke]

Very true, cheating is a rotting taste of reality. Your poem really paints a picture in the reader's mind. I read this twice and liked it even more. tyfs

[Arundass TP]

thank you friend.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Now I really follow this piece in its intention although I may be misreading it. I read the lines and assumed the following line single word described that line? I was then thrown by 'Never feels other's heart' 'Warmth' as I envisaged 'cold/ice' and also 'tracking other's pleasures' I could not associate the word 'pure' with?

[Arundass TP]

Pure; For a person his own thoughts, Ideas, Expectation, Destination etc etc signifies purity. Because for him it is pure. When the second person wants to obstruct it by any cause; the person becomes distressed and pushes him to sadness, paranoia on other person or what his pure feelings inately tells him. Thank you friend. Your further comment on this explanation is expected for clarification.