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Wikket
Member

since 2000-01-29

Posts 340
Santa Clara, CA USA

0 posted 2000-05-25 01:23 PM

I look around and see
These superiors screaming at me

And as they scream I wonder
If they know not to judge a book by its cover

They never took time to listen
To see the tears on my face glisten

If they took time to know what was wrong
Maybe I wouldn't have suffered so long

But it's too much trouble to hear
So they hide away in fear

When they see me coming around
They immediately take on a frown

And I look at them with blank eyes
For they haven't heard my cries

For fairness, leadership, and right
They are unaware of my fight

They accuse me of things I haven't done
Then expect me to join in the fun

But I will not sink to their level
For it would be like joining the devil

So I'll carry on the same old way
But eventually, they all will pay

"I keep breaking all the promises
That I keep making to myself
You'd think by now that I'd be over this
Instead I'm feeling sorry for myself
So why does everything seem desperate now?
I should be feeling so alive
But it feels like something's missing
Something's wrong somehow
It feels like something deep inside has died..."
--Stabbing Westward

allan
Senior Member

since 2000-04-09

Posts 620
On the road

1 posted 2000-05-25 01:32 PM

Great Wikket, Do I know what you're talking about!

But no, don't go the way of the last line. Find another job with joyful knowing people instead. (They seem scarse now I will admit!)

I found a whole lot of resonance in this poem. Why are people (especially business people these days) so blind? Great poem (except for last line - imho)

Pity them... Don't punish them...

[This message has been edited by allan (edited 05-26-2000).]

childomine
Senior Member

since 2000-01-25

Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL

2 posted 2000-05-25 02:29 PM

I agree with Allan. Don't waste your energy negatively on people who just aren't worth it. It never fails, the people at the top forget whence they've come. Good poem. I could feel the anger, betrayal and confusion coming from your words. Hang in there long enough to find another place to work. Good luck.

[This message has been edited by childomine (edited 05-25-2000).]

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