Looking Outward (poem) by L. K. Craft - Hisayasu on AuthorsDen

Looking Outward
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We must stop imposing our views on others.

Painting by L. K. Craft Looking Outward By L. K. Craft As a child I looked up to everyone As a teen I looked up to many As a young adult I looked up to few Today I don't look up, Instead I look outward at all.. Time and age changed me I welcome disagreements and differences. I have no desire to impose my view or beliefs on anyone. Respectfully, I won't allow you to impose yours on me. If you believe your wisdom is greater than mine, Or that your expertise makes you more enlightened . . . Trust in the way you live your life, I will see you and may chose to learn from you. Or maybe I won't, that is my right. Do not talk at me, Talk with me. Do not threaten or manipulate me. There is no beauty in such tactics. We were all granted �free will.'. I no longer offer mine up to be controlled, Nor do I attempt to take control of others. If Peace is ever to be a reality, It will be at the threshold of true acceptance of differences. Stop with the comparison, competition and rankings. To compare is to devalue something against the other. We are all just people wanting to love and be loved. We live off the same oxygen, And each will die when their heart stops at death. We must learn to see everyone as equal. Understand that to be our brothers keeper, We must learn how to be our brothers brother first, Such relationship is built on love and respect. And most of all, it's grants all the right to simply be free. Copyright 2006 L.K. Craft

Reviewed by Gianetta Ellis (Reader)

Reviewed on May 20, 2008

I found you through your Antique Roadshow article and I'm glad that I did. I very much enjoyed this poem and agree wholeheartedly with its content. You expressed yourself clearly and with eloquence. Well done.

Reviewed by Eileen Granfors

Reviewed on April 11, 2008

A breath of fresh air in this "me me me" world! Very well said, to be our "brother's brother first." A good goal for each of us.
Eileen

Reviewed by E. Richardson

Reviewed on December 9, 2006

well lady poet...I see you and I are on the same wavelength with this piece...and I cannot agree with you more. Excellent work!

Reviewed by Rusty Daily

You have expertly written the solution to all friction in this world.
Nothing, IMHO, is more dangerous than a closed mind, unwilling to listen and consider.
Rusty

Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen

Reviewed on December 8, 2006

"We must learn to see everyone as equal.
Understand that to be our brothers keeper,
We must learn how to be our brothers brother first,
Such relationship is built on love and respect.
And most of all, it's grants all the right to simply be free."

With many others, you raise your soul-voice, Linda, to praise Now's voice, not others-seen perspectives, what is going on in now, Now, beautifully.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen