Oh…behave!

So..

You read Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, philosophy too

You can recite the poignant verses of Yeats’ ‘Sailing to Byzantium’

And the passionate lines of a Pablo Neruda love poem

You seek enlightenment, sophistication, religion

And you know Darwin’s theory of evolution

But what do you do?

With what you know

When you close your books

And bibles too

And the words of all the greats are gone

Are you

Fair of thought

In all the battles you’ve fought

Romantic

Or pedantic

Sickeningly sweet

Or sullenly sour?

Can you

Stand by your word

Or only follow the herd

Only pray when others see

Or alone with equal Glee

Sing with the peasants

Or have you lost the common touch?

Do you

Narrow your view

For the favour of a few

Brawl like a brute

When your opinions they refute

Pray to your angels

But scheme like a demon?

So…

You read philosophy

For what..?

And Shakespeare too

So what..

Oh…behave!

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About the author: Brenda Lynn Rudman is a budding writer and poetess. She hails from Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She is a feisty, creative person with a passion for colors, words and a bluntly beautiful expression of feelings.