SELLING SHORT

A very short story of a character sold short.

SELLING  SHORT

 

What does it take to make

Dignity

Why does it matter that

People their dignity forsake

 

Why do I stick to the rules

When others forsake

And think we must be fools

We who will not stoop to fake

 

Why is it that a fool will advertise

Thinking that perhaps they are  cool

When the many realize

The exhibitionist is but a tool

 

When will mankind wake to the fact

That flaunting their weakness

And lack of tact

Is only prolonging  their solitary lack

---- Eagle Cruagh

Reviews

[alesuriko]

Very wonderful and insightful. The flow and rhythm of this poem are great and easy to read. Many people don't understand how much they sell themselves short and give in to the things that many of us realize are simply things that will use us and then toss us. I really enjoyed the last stanza, "flaunting their weakness / and lack of tact / Is only prolonging their solitary lack" is wonderfully written. Great job.

[Holly Mason]

I have sold myself short this past weekend I have stooped to the lowest level
I had an on-line argument...how could I get this low
is it because this is my first social site and I am not grasping all
or have i just reverted forgetting about my purposeful writing adventure and trapped in site drama
the actions I have taken bother me...but what bothers me the most...that I gracefully stepped aside when in truth I would of kept on fighting
but my dignity was there and I wanted to save it but did I save it by quitting...not to me but for the better of the good...I gave now I feel less to fight I would of felt more even though the cause was one of nothing important
dignity would not have remained intact either way
my lack of tact
thank you for sharing fine sir

[Norma M Sutton]

This makes me think of "fools rush in where angels dare tread", and that favorite saying of my mom, "Better to look the fool, then open your mouth and prove it" I enjoyed reading this.

[BelieveInCelia]

SELLING SHORT

Wow...and I thought I was the only one in this Church...in the pew! You know the saying, Right Church, wrong pew! Well, I'm proud to be sitting next to you! Sorry, didn't realize that rhymed... :)

What does it take to make Dignity?

INTEGRITY

Why do I stick to the rules...? CHOICE ... by a person with INTEGRITY

When will mankind wake....? When the person with INTEGRITY ... LEADS




Personal Note:

Perhaps I don't belong here, Eagle Craugh. My writing flows from my heart...not from 'learned' study. I cannot critique another person's work; I can only comment on how it touches my soul. Am I in the right place?