Appearances Poem by Smoky Hoss
Appearances
What do we notice
when we look without observing?
What do we think
when we decide without understanding?
Appearances deceive.
It appears nothing is as it first appears.
I wonder about that.
I wonder about what I think.
Or, is it about what I think I think about?
Juxtaposed with other pondering perceptions
- those of the far more educated -
are my thoughts trivial and trite?
confused and confusing?
disarrayed and discombobulated?
dark and distant?
How would I know?
for I do not have or hold
nor understand fully
anyone else's thoughts.
Nor they mine.
Some thoughts appear
invalid or void...
appearances deceive.
So observe, and
try to understand.
Don't be deceived,
pay humble attention to your fellow man.
We all play our own part in life, but sometimes very hard to understand other peoples thoughts, a thoughtful poem with a very wise last verse
Everyone has something valuable to offer and their worth shouldn't be underestimated. good one Smoky.
Really like it, we sometimes judge people and things by what we first see. A really fantastic poem.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/26/2024 1:56:31 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Wonderful... pay humble attention to your fellow man... how easily are we swayed by preconception, far too easily i think but as we get older some learn to not jump the gun whilst others quite happily increase their comfort in aiming and firing....I do not understand how you can worry about those who you feel have a finer grasp i struggled painfully on..discombobulated... and am only too glad nobody heard my first few attempts on my trying to pronounce it :) tyvm karen