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Reflections - Should Have Known Better
by Ashiff Jivraj → (All Poetry by Ashiff Jivraj)
Saturday, September 19, 2015    Rated "G" by the Author.
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I ran the pace
Treated them without grace
I kneaded their hearts
With all my smarts

Instilled in them a fear
Never invited for a beer
Promotions I got
Respect really not

Fiery and disrespectful with all
Knowing I would never fall
Demanding, unrelenting and condescending
Pleasing egos, bosses and boasting

Then suddenly I was in carts
A few brain drops made their darts
I now the person with the disfigured and forgotten face
The dead stroked hand holding a budle of lace

I no longer ran the pace
Body open and without grace
Found the many with hearts
The only ones that really had the smarts


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 Reviews of "Reflections - Should Have Known Better"
Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on September 20, 2015
First and last stanza sum up the rat race.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on September 20, 2015
Also the golden rule,"do unto others as you would have them do on to you."

Ron

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on September 19, 2015
The old adage comes to mind here . . . What goes around, comes around."

Reviewed on September 19, 2015
This one so reminds me of one person I know from work whom everyone hates. Promotions are good to have, but one should never forget who had helped you to get there. If not, when you fall, it's going to be a long fall and no one will be there to catch you when you fall.

A nice poem with a great message!

Sandie

Reviewed by Clarence Prince
Reviewed on September 19, 2015
"Promotions I got
Respect really not"
There is hope, Ashiff!
Writing like this
will soon bring you respect!


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