A Choice

Melati J. 1995 (Malaysia)



Keeping a still stance,
When I stopped my body from indifferently turning the other way

Keeping a straight face,
When all the things they spout are ridiculously inexplicable

Keeping a strained smile,
While I grit my teeth suppressing the stinging machete, yearning to escape my lips

Keeping my hands clutched,
When I wish I could bang  their rock-hard heads, knocking some sense into them

Keeping a steady breath,
When all I want is to errupt and burn them to ashes

Letting in a deep breath,
As I pacify the deafening ignorance and insouciance crowding my head

Opening my ears,
As I permit their words, their cluelessness, to poke my concern

Nodding my head,
As I listen and decipher the wired thoughts running wild in their heads

Holding out my hands,
As I pat them in the back and dissipate the superfluous words and acts

Drawing a truthful smile,
As I slowly kill their blunders and seeping seeds of wisdom in their hearts

Fixing my stance,
As I get myself ready to serve and share my insights.

For what's use of wisdom if it's ignored?
And what's use of wisdom, if not shared?

About this poem

I wrote this just to share what I go through everyday, fighting my own thoughts, as a teacher, or even generally as a human being dealing with miscellanous acts. Our choices, our actions reflect who we truly are. We are all a bit selfish inside, but I believe what we decide to do despite knowing our own selfishness is what matters most.

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Written on August 01, 2022

Submitted by jasminmohdjifri on August 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AX XX BX XX CX CD XX DX XX BX AX XX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,091
Words 216
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

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A person who loves poetry, who has never been that good at writing one but has always enjoyed reading it. I have lots in my mind so I figured that maybe it's okay to write it out. more…

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