Own Your Humanity

.... just imagine for one second ....

you know 

it’s funny

well actually it is not funny 

at all 

in our world 

we are taught 

toughness is a virtue 

if you lack strength 

you will not succeed 

to succeed is paramount

you know 

survival of the fittest 

and all that ….

but tell me 

how is it we define success?

is it turning a blind eye 

to innocents caught up in an age old war?

is it looking the other way 

when we see the young sex workers of Asia?

is it turning away boats filled with 

people only seeking their little piece of paradise?

is it the refusal to give 

when we can clearly see others are in need?

is it being so opinionated 

we forget to stop and understand the real life consequences 

of opinions of the blind masses?

it it serving ourselves

to get ahead?

is it getting obese in civilisation 

caught up in eating our troubles away 

whilst munching on a burger viewing

stories of those close to starvation

on our hundred inch television screens?

is it observing with inward questioning 

as sentient beings are slaughtered, killed and dissected 

to appease our ever growing hunger?

is it having enough money to laugh at the world 

and not give a rat’s a*s the world cannot laugh 

with you?

and of course the list goes on 

no………no……..no!

it cannot be 

surely we have all been lead astray 

for none of that can mean success 

and on the exhale 

imagine if you will

just for a second 

if instead of being taught by 

society 

to measure ourselves on success 

imagine 

if only for a moment 

we were taught to 

OWN OUR HUMANITY 

each of us 

individually 

so all of us collectively 

can enjoy the gift

of existence 

right here 

right now 

tell me how do you see the world 

if it was 

that we all were taught to

own our humanity ?

‘the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do’ 

Steve Jobs

Author's Note

happy world population day ...

Reviews

[...]

Well now, I see you are serving meat and potatoes :) Hearty food for thought here, word chef KWP :)))
This must be a "family" own and operated business...serving "soul" food. I got my mouth full but it's not polite to speak while chewing :)) I LOVE it! I could go on and on about this, but I'm just gonna' let you do all the talking as I read getting my belly full of Bravo!

[KWP]

that's a funny review considering I used to own two restaurants and am now thinking of starting a catering business ... coincidence ... not ... I am taking it as a sign ... hope you enjoyed your meal X

[andrew mitchell]

As time and technology rise so do we become dehumanised less caring." The who cares attitude as long as its not me!" is everywhere now hence terrorism is the only hope for some in rebellion to our greedy stance. lovely stuff KWP sorry I raved on!

[KWP]

your words ring true .. how cold is it down there ?

[andrew mitchell]

bloody freezing ! icy! Rain!

[KWP]

really .... you getting the cold snap face on then ?

[andrew mitchell]

We had snow/ice on Mt lofty which is not often

[KWP]

brrrrrr .... keep toasty X

[wordman]

in mans eyes it`s what you got,in gods eyes it`s who you are
if you have no compassion,if you can`t bleed for others,then who are you

[KWP]

who am I anyway ?

[wordman]

my computer girl friend

[KWP]

right you are, right you are .... ahhh it's nice to have a purpose XXX

[R Smith]

I'd like to settle on the part of this about succeeding, we have followed for so many years the belief that we have to push harder and faster, life seems to be about being the best and competing as a country to get more orders for our goods and beat the competition, its a headlong dash to our doom, they say if we cannot compete with our neighbor countries we'll probably starve, i can no longer understand this view, i have heard it for years and years, since i was a child and we are still floundering to compete and be the best, time for a change of mind and heart i reckon your poem should be taught in school as a life class on how to live, so well done Aussie bird and apologies for hijacking your poem with my rant :) XXX

[KWP]

I have this book, in fact it is one of my favourite books, it's called The History Of Western Thought (Pre-Socratic) and it is really quite interesting because it gives you an insight into all the great thinkers of the time of Socrates, Aristotle Heraclitus and so on... these people I believe played a pivotal role in the way we think and behave today ... and what did they know ... well I reckon some of them tapped into the source no-doubt there ... but over the many years and the many students following in their footsteps the translation ... just like everything else has been somewhat transformed and corroded ... and look around ... look what we are left with? Confusion, fear, doubt. hmmmm if only we had all travelled a different thought path .... I believe we were all out on this earth to learn about love ... why is it so hard for us to learn this lesson>?

[R Smith]

I think somewhere that faceless group really do exist call them what you will, some say the illuminati who try to rule the world behind the scenes and create war, strife and money problems like recessions to subdue the herd, i don't always believe in them but sometimes it feels real that they exist and don't get me started on the international monetary fund, who the hell are they to say how we must live, determining if we are a country that's running ok or running out of luck, its all about money if you're looking for an anti-Christ its money after all it was the only thing he got riled up about (the money lenders in the temple) for 666 read $$$ to St. John writing his revelations he'd never seen a money sign before so $$$ could easily look and translate into 666, we're already way down the Revelation road and the anti-Christ has us well within his grip, he controls the money! Of course i'm only speculating not prophesying, happy days huh! Bring on the love XXX

[Jamestown]

Well penned and expressed!
I think we all perceive success in our own ways,
but your piece had me thinking for sure:)
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[KWP]

thanks J - much love X

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, success is having a good deal of humanity...it means much more than being a have over the have not's.

so well expressed...

[Willard Wells]

You really stepped up and expressed your opinion and you are spot on. We are for the most part a comparmentaizeed society. Everything outside of our compartment is not of our concern or need to worry about. We also seem to feel if it is a real problem a government will fix the problem as the leaders of the governments line their pockets with the money collect and live the high life as the people starve.

It is far beyond an individual issue, but each of us as an individual must change our mindset before we can get the world into action.

Yes that's my soap box and it's your fault for writing such a great truth in prose.