N* Poem by Ulysses Cabinatan

N is for Net,

The thiNg that remaiNs after all the deductioNs

If you will be asked how much is your Net worth,

Is it less? Or is it more?

Nil, NothiNg, Negative or a millioN?

But Net worth should Not be measure of a persoN’s worth



It’s easy to determiNe the Net worth

For taNgible thiNgs

Just with the use

Of simple accouNtiNg

But our self worth

CaNNot be determiNed by a Numeric value

It caNNot be quaNtified

Nor it caN be weighed by a weighiNg machiNe



IN aNcieNt Egypt

There was a myth that wheN a persoN dies

He would be seNt to the hall of judgmeNt

The persoN’s heart is place oN oNe scale

ANd the feather of truth iN aNother

To determiNe how hoNest the persoN was,

duriNg his earthly life.

JudgmeNt,

TheN it’s either he would be seNt to the New world of happiNess

or the uNderworld, a world of paiN aNd agoNy.





N is for somethiNg New

Flowers wither aNd will be replaced with New buddiNg blossoms

HumaN reach old age aNd be replaced by New geNeratioN

RestoratioN, repleNishmeNt, the New replace the old ways





With our iNNate desire to coNNect with oNe aNother

HumaNity iNveNted the iNterNet

A commuNicatioN

That let you share your thoughts aNd emotioNs

But it woN’t really supply all the thiNgs

that gives us the Natural fulfillmeNt.



FishermeN Need fishNets to catch fish

What we Need is faith to live iN fulfillmeNt



Natural

Be Nice


Be eNthralled with the New possibilities

Your faith aNd love is your streNgth aNd protectioN

Now is the time

To begiN a New chapter,

to live today as a New day

make the past mistakes

as lessoNs

as a platform

you caN step-oN for a higher aspiratioN


*(free verse/ poems experiment)