Tuesday, November 13, 2012

WHY BE A MARTYR?



How many times in our lives

have we believed ourselves to be untainted?


Living in a dignified poise

and an unstained suit.


How often have we been blamed

for infidelity,

for treachery,

for ruining others' lives?


How many times have we taken a bullet

and been reproached for it,


pulled someone out of the way of train

and slapped for it?


How many times have we survived,

stood strong

and been bent

to endure more?


And how many times have we only heard,

'you're weak'

because we have yelled outloud

or told 'you're inhuman'

because we haven't cried

but stood unflinchingly,

shocked inside,

calm outside.


How many times have we lived a life

of living death,

pulling together a remnants,

shattered because of someone else's mistakes!


How many times in the past

and how many times in the future

more are we willing to lie down

for the butter to slice off?


How many times are we willing

to destroy ourselves

for this world?


This world

where you are slain

because you are strong enough

to survive the knife...


This is the world

where words like love, honesty and trust

are either spoken by the victims

or the hypocrites.


A world where crocodile tears

are worshiped,

vulnerability rewarded,

strength slaughtered

and dignity rampled.


A world where

the feigners become lady

and sincere are called whores.


This, my dear, is a charitable world,

where the rich is expected to give alms

to the poor on account of his being unworthy of earning that money.


This is a society of sacrifice,

where the murderer is honoured,

the victim criticized

and murdered pitied.


This is an epitamy of talent,

where fame is granted

when the artist dies.


A world of fighters,

where the fighters are called 'impractical'

and the manipulators are called the 'makers of the peaceful country'.


This is the world we live in,

sacrifice ourselves for,


Wake up and smell the coffee, my fellow pariah,

for in retrospection,

if it were me,

I wouldn't want to be a martyr for this world!

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