Tariq Saleim's Blog - Posts Tagged "lonely"

Sometimes I feel
So lonely and private
My interests, my choices
So different from the herd’s

So fearful I am
Of being left alone
I mask my thoughts
And veil my words
So I stay amiable

How long will this be
Truth razes my inside
It ought to come out
This crazy, crooked world
Needs to know
Yet not so many
Cope with truth

I can take pleasure
In a fool’s party
Or mend his foolishness
By light of truth
Not both at the same time
You are either with them
Or against
No middle ground
No neutral zone

If knowledge and wisdom
Lead to seclusion
What good do they serve
Yet truth is secluded
Again and again
If it stays in masks
In shades and shadows
Then useless it is
Anyway

So here is the trial
Will you counsel a fool?
To fix his idiocy
Then warrant his rage
Or just let it be
Knowing this can be fixed
The fool can be saved

The silly is glad
On your silence
With his foolishness
So just let it be?
I face this question
Again and again

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