Who Are We To Decide

Thu, 01/16/2014 - 15:00 -- gabsi13



Student, teacher, successful, failure.

Cousin, sister, daughter, friend.

Bisexual, gay, lesbian, straight.

Moody, random, sporatic, inconsistent.

Live
Grow
Preach
Love

Miracle baby, worthless, magnificent, hope.

Star-crossed lovers, boyfriends, just friends.

Addict, druggie, drunk, convict.

Girl scout, leader, peace corps, army.

Catholic, holy, atheist, pure.

Football player, cheerleader, rock star, pope.

Baptist, holy, Methodist, Christian.

Democrat, republican, liberal, conservative.

Environmentalist, feminist, racist, communist.

Smart, stupid, genius, retarded.

Transgender, man, woman, both.

Full, empty, lost, found.

Slut, harlet, virgin, whore.

Novelist, photographer, doctor, teacher.

Pregnant, mother, busy, money.

Rich, poor, success, failure.

Success
Failure

Worthless
Worth less
No.
Worth everything

Words on paper
Have no meaning

Why are they there. What really IS a dictionary.

All a jumble of letters
That someone threw together.

A slew of wonder
A plunder of lines

No real meaning
No real difference

All the same roots
Same parts
Same lines
Made by the same pencil
No difference

No difference

A b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Scramble
Jumble
Mix
And chunk
They all become one big fat clump

We learn to read, we learn to write
Who says what we write is right.

Words have meanings,
Truths tell lies.

Bibles tell stories,
As do novels
Books
And poems

Each person holds a truth,
To each their own.

Each a new wonder
Story to behold

Fact
Fiction
Failure
Success

Who are we to decide what can pass the test.

Comments

Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerful expression! 

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