Morals Poem by Akhtar Jawad
Morals
What are morals?
A defense from man's own instinctive offences.
Man has always been afraid of himself!
He is his own worst enemy,
and sees his own image scattered everywhere,
lives fearing himself and dies in his own deadly doubts.
But one who loves himself,
and can't even think of making any harm to himself,
believes in justice with himself,
finds the earth a beautiful island,
in this vast and endless ocean,
a place to live and love,
where there is beauty scattered everywhere,
colors and aroma of flowers
greenery of friendly trees and plants,
beauty and music of birds,
falls from icy mountains,
rivers and fountains,
dancing and running like a maid,
with the silver of sand,
and gold of fishes,
fearless and careless
enjoys a journey
to the great blue ocean,
to rise once again as clouds,
to kiss the forests,
to touch the mountains,
to enjoy the climax of a love,
and to die and fall on the earth
as romantic rains,
having passed a lovely life cycle,
with a firm belief
he will be absorbed by the roots
he will change his shape,
and blossom as colorful aromatic flowers,
inviting butterflies and many other insects
once again it's love!
A fearless journey,
passed as a pleasant dream,
an endless cycle during that,
no morals were needed.
the first stanza gave me trouble at first. after rereading i may be approaching understanding. i think it may be saying that 'moral conduct'/morals help to keep man from doing things offensive to others. maybe i should say GOOD morals? i believe what is considered (good) morals [a moral conscience? ] can vary between different individuals and different societies. the first stanza may be too philosophical for me to feel comfortable with. as for this: He is his own worst enemy, , i believe it is referring to certain individuals or groups of humans (men & women) being a danger to other individuals or groups, BUT that raises the image of bad morals. i give up! :) not quite............. the second stanza is more my speed, talking about Nature, but not quite literally, seemingly equating a man with molecules of water. BUT, the third stanza sort of comes to my rescue, mentioning dream. and there IS a dreamlike quality to stanza 2. this poem has now been entered into my/our AUGUST 2016 'a showcase for P H poets', to be found in my list of poems on my P H site. thanks Akhtar! bri :)
a poem about true love. a society we called heaven/jannat. very nice poem
A great philosophic poem, when man ignored nature then he start ed needing morals.
Reading this poem offers a lovely feeling....! Life in all its beauty and color is presented and the invitation to fall in love with everything that is beautiful.....! A very relaxing write!
You write about grand concepts with such eloquent language. A 10 from me as well
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Superb write from your poetic pen. Enjoyed every single word of it. A big 10