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Post by rpeters on Oct 18, 2018 17:52:08 GMT
Hello Everyone,
I fancy myself a bit poetic, but I know this is relative. I put my thoughts about what I see as the bigger picture within some pretty big and currently important issues in poem form. If you've got it in you give it a read I think you can find my philosophy is there rhyming away. I happily accept comments and advice. Please and let me know any thoughts.
Thanks,
Good is not perfect by Robert Peters
You've gotta weigh the good with the bad
cause perfection's something we've never had
Deification is an indication perfection's been found
But fallibility is as Human as only 2 feet on the ground
Any investigation into anyone, deep or even slight
Will quickly bring our obvious faults into public light
Black and white are only colors and nothing near reality
Look with more than a quick glance, it is there to see
The acceptance of a conscience view "all is simply gray"
Would eradicate the obvious need to keep all "others" at bay
We are fallible for as Humans we can be nothing but
But saying "I am not perfect, sorry" is only part of the cut
"To error is Human" but what makes us profoundly more
Is our ability to learn and help those we've put on the floor
None of us are anywhere near an ethical or moral constancy
But that beautiful brain easily can reduce this inconsistency
See yourself and those around with a knowing and not critical eye
Don't look for perfection, but for a compassionate, ethical try
If someone comes forward stating "blood on your hands"
Don't cower and attack but listen to where they stand
Know that what to you could have been an insignificant episode
To them it may well be what takes them completely off the road
Compassion is an essential need, we're not out there alone
A misstep or the most heinous act is a reality in the Human zone
Beyond a need to protect and defend at any and all cost
Is an examination of how to never again get so morally lost
Black and white is a lower brain need of a lower brain "ok"
Us and them, right and wrong, only show on which drums you play
Don't live within such limitations distorting opinions and views
That lump in your Brainbox evolved not for don'ts but for dos.
Examine the gray around you evaluating its depth and hue
Those who're not "above or below" but around are exactly like you
They've done the stupidity that comes with our bipedalism
Did they learn from their missteps, as an ethical, moral Human?
Or did they beat that "us and them", un-evolved drum?
Good luck out there
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Post by Elizabeth on Oct 18, 2018 18:02:35 GMT
Nicely written. Good is not perfect since they're different words. However, perfection is good and good can be used to describe perfection.
I see it like this..
Good (adjective) perfection (noun)
Just like
Red (adjective) crayon (noun)
The two go hand in hand Shrug
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Post by rpeters on Oct 18, 2018 18:25:42 GMT
Hello again Queen of all Elizabeth,
Thanks for your informative reply.
The examination is of good vs bad but with the idea good means basically holy. No threat. Bad the devil or your view of "evil" In a society with all its confusion and possibilities for harm we quickly fit the good/bad on everyone and everything around us to add comfort and perceived ease therein.
But nothing is black and or white it is a variation of possibilities of grays.
Again thank you for your thought through words, everything I've thus far posted here has had at least a "hi" from you, Elizabeth I've got no problem with your moniker of Queen.
Good luck out there
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Post by Polaris on Oct 18, 2018 21:04:39 GMT
It is the ego that vacillates between the superego which repredents the world of angels and the id that opt for animal instincts.
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Post by rpeters on Oct 19, 2018 1:36:42 GMT
Hello Polaris,
Thanks for you time and words.
Yes absolutely, the ego, superego and the id all are very much represented, perhaps sloppily.
I think mine rhymes a little better but I can't say which rolls easier off the tongue.
Thanks again,
Good luck out there
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Post by Polaris on Oct 19, 2018 11:22:47 GMT
Hello Polaris, Thanks for you time and words. Yes absolutely, the ego, superego and the id all are very much represented, perhaps sloppily. I think mine rhymes a little better but I can't say which rolls easier off the tongue. Thanks again, Good luck out there what i meant to say is that we as human beings move up and down the line whose ends are pure evil and pure good but do not reach each of the two ends. this entails that good and evil with different percentages exist in our behavior and they are always present side by side. your poem is nicely written and it contains deep philosophical contemplation on the nature of humanity. |
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Post by rpeters on Oct 22, 2018 4:24:05 GMT
Hey Polaris,
Wow, thank you for the nice compliment.
Thanks also for clarifying, it is important to ensure your words come across. In the medium it can be tough to get the full weight.
Good luck out there
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Post by Eugene 2.0 on Oct 22, 2018 18:04:08 GMT
"Any investigation into anyone, deep or even slight
Will quickly bring our obvious faults into public light"
"Is our ability to learn and help those we've put on the floor"
So, we don't need to be afraid of a public judgement. To help is our duty, right?
"None of us are anywhere near an ethical or moral constancy
But that beautiful brain easily can reduce this inconsistency
See yourself and those around with a knowing and not critical eye
Don't look for perfection, but for a compassionate, ethical try"
Hence, we need to use our ability of criticizing more carefully. Firstly, we
need to find differences and similarities, and after we should start investigating
about anyone further, right?
"Black and white is a lower brain need of a lower brain "ok"
Us and them, right and wrong, only show on which drums you play
Don't live within such limitations distorting opinions and views
That lump in your Brainbox evolved not for don'ts but for dos"
I used a word 'right' twice, but I don't think that there are something about
these words, but about strongly function. I suppose that there are some
abilities we use in dividing colours in our daily life. The main function is
to divide the world into black and white; it's a primary function (we got it
trying to get ourselves be more strongly during the evolution), but this
function is not the last one. Many other functions we need. It's like we
need to use more instruments to get a polyphony or to make something to be
stereophonic, or multicoloured. Just like an artist who uses many colours to
make this draw to be better. For the poet - it is the same. He uses many shades
in his words (just like you did), and the more specter is vary, the more
the poem sounds. The nature is something that continues (so, it's the continuum).
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