The war within

A Poem by Chandradhish Ghosh

“Superiority is a privilege of the strong

Trust me; I assure you it is never too wrong.

You can only be born with it, brilliance

Don’t listen to what those fools say, nonsense.

I have learned to love myself and none more

Most live on other’s ideas, they’re such a bore.

Don’t look at them, the common class

They are talentless, boorish and their words are crass.”

‘You are blind and ignorant, you narcissist

Behind your suave façade, you are an ugly beast

You have no friends and you know not love

Get back to ground don’t loft so high and fly above

We share our sadness, joys and dreams

People hear our laughs and even our screams

Vanity is afraid to approach us and so does conceit

We reap talent, and use it for good but don’t proclaim it.’

“What do you say you oblivious fool?

One man can change the world, one man can rule.

Why be plural, when ‘I’ am better than ‘we’?

My vision is deeper, too far above for you to see."

“Keep to yourself, you lonesome spirit

You know very well but are afraid to see it,

We are stronger by number, and by words

We can fight with shields as well as swords.”

“Believe me, you, I am mightier than you think

With a one-on-one, I can make you sink.

I have experiences, far beyond the collective you.

I am not liked because I’m understood by only a few.”

‘There you go, you lover of pride

You were one of us, as much you might hide

You can venture places where we don’t go

But you’ll come back to us when you are low.’

The writer laughed and capped his pen

He lived through the war and bore the pain

What is wrong and what is fine?

What is yours and what is mine?

© 2014 Chandradhish Ghosh

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cycy

Why be plural, when ‘I’ am better than ‘we’?

My vision is deeper, too far above for you to see."

wow this is arguably one of your best poems yet i utterly enjoyed it tried to pick my fav line but every single one was better than the previous one haha very ell written i really enjoyed it kudos