This is an ode to self-belief!: A poem 

I could see that mirrors never mattered to me 

even if they revealed a physical beauty. It seems 

that love for oneself is like a closet that rarely 

opens out to be spoken, but if it does, then for dignity! 

Truth can be dishonest, because honesty is  

so deflatable, even the ghost of your aspirations 

can snap to death with that! I was beginning to believe 

in right and wrong; untill they were snatching my  

lyrics like a billboard hit song. Does wisdom learn the tit-for-tat,  

when justice should be your bat! I only have tenacity to depend on,  

when even faith is forbidden to be revealed. And I see the stars 

and tell them prudently why my honesty has to lie! 

You know even love is so versicoloured, like a motley 

rainbow in the dark, where their shades can be seen 

but seldom be deciphered! And if my astuteness be  

undone by blindfolds, I know my nights were remnants  

of a tireless day, and my day was just no lark! I am never  

favoured by Dame Luck, but I am much too fortunate in my 

intrepidity! The stoic who never cried, but does not fear  

to shout out loud, no matter what is the consequential call!  

Which side was my prayer on the Temple Wall, that 

evil should not stall? I know I don’t have my belief as a 

liquid pool, even if I should be made to swim in the upward stream! 

And you can chase me for my magic and miraculous deeds, 

I did not use that for the benefit of myself! So, should the  

villains think so selfishly that my worth is to them befits! 

The sanctity of love is in the heart’s trumpet, even be it the clarion  

call of war! Does evil always suit itself to vanquish the innocent all, 

disguising itself as peace and love on every wall. And I see 

the crone rise up in the sky, when such diurnal night befalls! 

She tells me she wants me to know what to make of things,  

if only I should heed! But I am just so slightly deaf, while  

also being obdurately obscure! The terrible fish says it can 

make me rich, but that is certainly not my wish! 

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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