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Isn't it better from a distance?
Easier to just scrape the surface of the truth.
What would you feel if you got nearer?
Would it be the same again? Or better or worse?
What words
Would you use
To tell your mom
You don't want to be a good boy anymore
Or a 3 year old why his mommy is gone;
Your girl-friend that you're not really ready
To divorce your wife
Or a stray puppy that you can't take him home?
How do you tell
An infant she must not live
Or your heart that it must not beat?
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Isn't it better from a distance?
Easier to just scrape the surface of the truth.
What would you feel if you got nearer?
Would it be the same again? Or better or worse?
What words
Would you use
To tell your mom
You don't want to be a good boy anymore
Or a 3 year old why his mommy is gone;
Your girl-friend that you're not really ready
To divorce your wife
Or a stray puppy that you can't take him home?
How do you tell
An infant she must not live
Or your heart that it must not beat?
.
Very beautifully done.It's a topic I ponder upon many times.
ReplyDeleteIt is always from a distance that we assess what we can and would do if it happens with us. Many times we even feel proud of our imaginary decisions, actions and beliefs that we associate with some situations. But only from a distance. It's only when you actually find yourself in a situation that you can realize how things cannot be possible. How your decisions would hurt so many. And how your actions can lead to disasters.It's only when you get close that you know what you are capable of.
Wow Ajit - you're my most loyal reader! But I should have you know that the *you* are *all* people I know or have come to know over a period of time... They are just ordinary people. Just ordinary people.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to be the first one to own it, if you ever decide to write a book.
ReplyDelete..........very toughing........
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