Undecided

by Paul Gondwe   Aug 16, 2012


I have cried and wept,
believed and had faith
What I never did was act
Should my calmness be my betrayal?

I have lived life as expected,
being a boy and done my share of
childish things never regretting for I
know life is such and with it comes experiences

I have been a man and stood
proud and strong with my head held
high like my nation's flag in the
early morning

Now war is roaming and like any other
proud citizen of my homeland,
I speak proudly ready to shed blood
like the forefathers before me

My mouth speaks but with caution
My heart is cocooned in its shell,
unaware of the battle within me
Maybe my voice will make a difference

Maybe those politicians will listen and
think about all those pregnant women,
all those innocent kids playing tick ta toe,
maybe then they will realize that war is not the solution

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  • 12 years ago

    by Yakori bint Muhammed

    I love how you conveyed your message here. The transition was flawless and beautifully written. Life throws us tantrums and a means to further ask our susceptibility. We get choked up from insistant lack of deliverance from our leaders. And those who are willing to effortlessly help to the detrimental causes around us get threatened or weakened. Hence, all they can do is to quietly do what they can and leave the rest till sunshine comes.

    As individuals when we're caught up between our expectations and capabilities, we invariably are uncertain of what we ought to do and what we want at times. What can bail us in such situations is to be optimistic in our actions and be constantly deeply firm in our faith. With that we'll go a long way in achieving our fated desires justly.

    Life is never a smooth sail. Its always a baggage of the sweet, sour and bitter moments. How we choose to live our life and act is purely centered around our 'personas' crux'. We do have our salient character that's an exterior profile and our passive traits that is shielded even from our outlook. Creating a balance between these two is imperative in having our thoughts and actions in order. Whatever the case might be is to always live a fair life with a positive virtue.

    A very good message as usual of you.
    Kudos!
    :-))..

  • 12 years ago

    by Xanthe

    Lovely piece, Paul. Great to have you back!
    I especially love the simile with the nation's flag. Hope to read more from you soon. Keep it up.

  • 12 years ago

    by Dagmar Wilson

    Awesome writePaul

  • 12 years ago

    by Maple Tree

    I have always admired your strength within your poetry... to me this piece screams the tears you shed... and the inner emotions need to be expressed... War is not the answer, and those innocent - they deserve peace.. and your voice needs to be heard... so shout!! I love this poem very much!!

  • 12 years ago

    by Max

    As Abed said "Hats-off, Paul" this piece is unique
    first welcome back, I really missed reading your poems

    I like how you started the poem telling how you started your life
    it is very suitable for what u are writing
    I must agree that politicians rarely listen to low voices and even the high ones if they came from normal citizens they will be ignored and they become blinded by their seeking after power and ignore the fact that with wars they go into they bring misery to their people.

    well penned Paul and really glad to read a piece by you after so long =)

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