No you weren't born with the intent to kill
or the intent to save a life
the thoughts of suicide
or the thoughts of sharing joy
the tongue of a liar
or the lips of a truth-teller
the heart of thief
or even the hands of a provider
Neither were you born with a criminal instinct
nor angel's wings
not even with hands tied behind your back or chains on your feet
no way you were born as a drunkard or a crackhead
not even as an ignorant fool blind to the truth
the reality is we were all born with choices
born free
and we'll only be who we 'choose' to be
it's no patterned and puzzled 'life path'
just simple decisions... Sweet tea or coffee?
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Yes, we are all born free and in later years become this and that. Simple decisions - what is the driving factor here? We may say that it is all the external circumstances. In that case, all those who are subject to the same external conditions should think and behave in the same way which is contrary to our daily experience. Internal circumstances are the deciding factors, whether to go this way or that. It is our innate nature which is a sphere of tendencies. It can be seen that this sphere is an inheritance by virtue of our previous lives in various forms (if one believes in the concept) . This accumulation of tendencies varies from individual to individual as each one of us naturally has a different course of our arrival here on earth. External circumstances are only sparks. It is how everyone of us looks at them on the basis of our natural tendencies which decides whether it is Sweet tea or coffee? So, Simple decisions - it has an intricate complex mechanism deep inside. I am only trying to elaborate the point. That is all. Thanks.
haha go right ahead