Be Most Careful Poem by Kurt Philip Behm

Be Most Careful

Rating: 4.5


Be careful as you age …
when they try to convince you
that your rough edges need to
come off

Be careful when they say that
"Your words need to be more
carefully chosen and more appropriate
to the politically elite"

Be careful when they threaten those
things that you have developed over
time that they will never appreciate
or understand

But be most careful when they tell
you… "We are really your friends and
have only your best interests at heart, "
—be most careful

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December,2015)

Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: discipline
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 15 December 2015

Rough edges need to come of. Carefully choosing appropriate discipline is definitely interesting. Wisely drafted.10

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Kurt Philip Behm 15 December 2015

Thanks for responding. Often, it's the rough edges that actually define who we are. You've heard the old saying... You've lost your edge. I don't ever want to lose mine. Thanks again.

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T.R. James Bray 10 April 2022

Wise words

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Dr Antony Theodore 10 December 2020

Be careful when they threaten those things that you have developed over time that they will never appreciate or understand Be most careful. a great advice. tony

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Dr Antony Theodore 17 June 2018

But be most careful when they tell you… We are really your friends and have only your best interests at heart, —be most careful.... great advice to us who are becoming old and we wait for our end...... yes we have to be very very careful....... thank u dear poet. tony

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From Kurt 17 June 2018

Thanks Tony!

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James Mclain 01 December 2016

The one we most must be careful about is ourselves in who we allow into our life as we age.. iip Nailed it Kurk.

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From Kurt 17 June 2018

Honored, thanks James

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Dr Antony Theodore 05 May 2016

But be most careful when they tell you… We are really your friends and have only your best interests at heart, —be most careful..... great thoughts and advises from your own experience.. thank you dear poet. i smiled when i finished reading your great poem. you are a great writer. thank you. tony

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From Kurt 17 June 2018

....and you are most kind. Thanks again.

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