Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Poetry Thursday 24 - Born to Serve

 We live in an accelerating world, accelerating towards what I don't know. However, I believe in the good intentions of the majority of people, you only have to consider the worldwide response to natural disasters and the coming together of communities to provide support. 



Alexa 


Born to Serve

 

Some were born to serve and others to command,

a mantra filled with assumptions,

when considering nature of human hand,

in the whole of life’s interactions.

 

It is part of our psyche to give our aid,

even at the earliest of ages,

and also for being on parade,

a dilemma for all of life’s stages.

 

Hence the proclivity for charitable acts,

an almost biological urge to assist,

no escaping the wealth of salient facts,

hundreds of thousands of names in the list.

 

And yet ego suggests we want to be boss,

drives towards achievement,

to gain success at others’ loss,

with some feeble signs of appeasement.

 

Thankfully most people embrace kindness,

are prepared to help their fellow man,

empathise with public distress,

and are happy to be truly human.

© David L Atkinson January 2024 


God Bless 


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