THE QUEER BENEFITS OF IGNORANCE

Just a thought

Being clueless absolves one of responsibilities of all kinds, just as being insane protects one from being condemned for socially unacceptable behavior and courtesies (or the lack of it). What you have no knowledge of, you cannot be held accountable for. Knowledge, on the other hand, traps you. Well, of course it gives you power. Power to choose, power to make informed decisions and power to make a change. But then you are also liable to choices you make, you cannot shrug responsibility for the decisions you take (remember, they happen to be informed), and you are accountable for all changes that your actions cause; since these changes are not inadvertent. Unlike a clueless individual you are answerable to ALL. So now, you are not free to make mistakes. In fact you are constantly under pressure to perform, to maintain standards and to never err; and if you do, stay prepared to be penalized. In short, you are trapped in a prison of rules, stigmas, standards; all under the preconceived notion that you are aware of them, comprehend them, and are competent to live up to them. Where then is the power! The true power in effect lies with the ignorant, just as theirs is eternal bliss. Whether they will inherit the Earth; quite likely. After all with knowledge comes power and with power, responsibility (remember). AND close on the heels follows stress and related inflictions. Disparaging, but the thought just came.

REBOOT

A dream is yet to be born,

I dare which eludes accomplishment.

A dream I cannot carry

to fulfillment, to achievement.

A dream that would make too heavy,

a heart lightened by bereavements.

Because I've lived a life...........

lived by default.

Death did come,

but could never halt

The life that was;

springing forth and bubbling charm.

THE HUMAN MIND

Sometimes callous,
sometimes tender;
sometimes stoic,
and sometimes perturbed.


Sometimes kindling,
sometimes nemesis;
sometimes pellucid,
sometimes turbid.


Sometimes its beauty
casts a spell;
sometimes its ugliness,
shames and repels.


Enchanting, repulsive;
spiritual, seductive;
selfish, yet selfless;
soothing, but corrosive.


Emotions ephemeral,
perceptions plethoric.
Sometimes sanguine,
sometimes derelict.


Sometimes astute,
sometimes blind;
the abysses and the shallowness,
of the HUMAN MIND

YOU.......

Your life today is a success saga;
told, retold and oft applauded.
Or a montage misplaced , forlorn;
even torn and never vaunted.
Endowed by souls known, unknown;
shadows, silhouettes, blurring and gone.

There is no say,
           there is no bar;
on what might clout your heart.

But the reminiscences treasured are your art.
Your selection your collage.

What you choose to portray,
what you choose to forgo,
colour your life as a rainbow,
or enshroud it in shadows.
You are the aisle,
you are the support.
You are the crafty creator,
of the hues that shape YOU.