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A Guide To Awkward Questions
A GUIDE TO AWKWARD QUESTIONS
When you’re asked a question
Telling the truth is tops
Though it can be scary
Sometimes even unwise.
Lying? Best avoided
For several reasons.
Distraction works wonders.
Else maintain a silence.
Happy Thanksgiving
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
We’re not all Americans though
On the other hand
On the other hand
Gratitude is always in season
Given we’re all fingers of one hand
On the other hand
On the other hand
It isn’t rooted in slavery and genocide either
On the other hand
On the other hand
We breathe in, we breathe out, we breathe on
Heart Friends
HEART FRIENDS
A true friend then
Is not that coward
Who’s too fearful
To risk your anger
Yet brave enough
To bitch about you
To other people
In your absence
It took you years
To recognise this
But the other kind
Don’t even notice
Family II
FAMILY II
So I suggested
To my mother and father
(She coming first)
That we discuss
Our being here together
And much else besides
And then awoke
To the chilling realisation
Of this cold reality
Thank You But Know (A Four By Six)
THANK YOU BUT KNOW
Genuine, authentic
Not words that spring to mind
Unless a not’s nearby
Yet you suggest friendship?
Bard Unbarred
BARD UNBARRED
Words which ring hollow
However bright their sparkle
Are but fairy gold.
Cast off then duteous ties,
These odious bars. Fly free!
Ma Vraie Histoire
MA VRAIE HISTOIRE
What greater challenge
Than to drop the mask and write
Of our own stories?
In pen and ink or keyboard
Plain words that sparkle with truth
Walking The Talk
WALKING THE TALK
None see our feelings
We think and talk of our love
Action’s how they tell
Bigotry
Apr 16
Posted by Ben Naga
BIGOTRY
To understand others
Especially those we see as other than ourselves
Requires that we are first honest with ourselves
And then forgive
This level of depth of observation
Is frequently unknown to these “grown-ups”
Never mind the effort of being
Explored and examined
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Tags: Acceptance, Honesty, Realisation, Social commentary