Pride and armor
of a lineage, a perception
cautions and lifts inner to a
pedestal.........
lessons on its rule book
taught not to run back...
but fight back with dignity...
that is pride...
precursors wrote in regal ink
a kind of aura it transpires
a blend and its majestic ensemble
imprinted on a realm...
laurels from a bastion
a difference of a shield so strong..
royal drapes and its layers
vanished on sheets of democracy
but the blood veins carries
a blend...that holds power...
power to fight back with dignity
not to run back on tribulations..
not to fear back on defeats...
A circlet cosseted by ethnicity
on all odds and not to panic
on ordeals or die like a coward....
great grand mother scribbled before death
“Pride is not mind’s arrogance....
pride is mind’s power to hold self
on a revered and meaningful
pedestal....”.
Indeed courage never fails though called as Pride later by others!
Anything in proportion is good.even pride A very deep message in poetic form..........
Yes Reema, you have mentioned the different facets of Pride, and in the last few lines its positive aspect which keeps it on a pedestal; -being opposite of that Pride which goes before a fall! Well conceived! -Raj Nandy
a wonderful composition! This is what poets are capable of.....analising pride to new vistas
Pride the truth behind survival…not just existence but actual living…nicely penned Abha
Well composed ode to the pride, often accused to be a vice, you r poem rehabilitate the worth and merit of the pride actually
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
pride is inner strength...arrogance out word weakness...a well written poem on a selected theme 10