so
easy to love
difficult to hate
we’re brainy people
so
peace, a cheap cattle
war, a white elephant
we’re exorbitant
so
innocence has no
thrill,
crime needs intelligence
we’re educated, sapient
so
difficult to own up
easy to blame
the law of least effort applies
so
challenging to share
facile to snatch
we take it easy
so
difficult to act
effortless to say
we’re a tad lazy
so
© supratik 2023
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I like the way you write so freely and naturally, Supratik, or make it appear so. You also manage some profound messaging using only a few lines. And you achieve this in spite of, like me, being confined for many years, to the rigidity of the sciences. Using a second language often helps, but even so, you’ve become a poet, and me, at most, an earnest scribbler of belle lettres in its loosest sense! This well-presented piece needs many reads to appreciate its subtlety. More power to your pen in 2023!
Best, Trevor.
‘…., like me, being confined for many years, to the rigidity of the sciences.’ Yes, indeed. Thank you for the kind words, Trevor.
Best.
Supratik