poem of the day November 19


Doing and

pretending

are worlds apart

though they

live in the same

shell

All are part of the same tree

It is the difference

between failure

and success

Pretending

is a matter of vanity

springing out

of peer pressure

Out of political correctness

but a futile waste 

of un-rooted effort

Doing is from the core

deep in the bones

with conviction

Knowing when to act

is the key

Yet it always amazes me

The pretender

is mostly lauded

for their effort

While the doer is branded

as a lazy lucky crazy