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Friday, 22 September 2017

Walk In My Shoes

Selected as a WOW Post HERE
Walk a mile in my shoes & you'll learn-
Why I walk the way I do, why I trudge/hurry?
Why this attitude & the madness makes me burn?
Why my life is a surprising different-flavoured curry?

Walk a mile in my shoes & you'll see-
A human like you with some flaws & goodness.
I'm the way I'm & maybe you'll consider to accept me...
Perhaps decide to end the journeys past & begin afresh?



To walk a mile in my shoes, first you must agree-
To wear my shoes with no complaints & with a smile!
My shoe's brand, colour, price, odour mustn't matter really!
Then in my shoes you can walk not just one, but many a mile!

When we agree to walk at least a mile in another's shoes,
We'll work with empathy & peace in our part of the universe.
As responsible world citizens, can we consciously choose?
Don't we wish to gather peace more than currency in our purse?
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Are you open to walk a mile in someone's shoes? Do you consider other points of views? What are your views? Please share in the comments below.

If you liked this poem, you may also like- Judge me Not.

This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.
Also linking with- dversepoets & Poets United
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14 comments:

  1. Bekkie Sanchez23 September 2017 at 00:51

    You make good points but peace may be something we (as a world) will never share. It's all because as a race, we don't really want world peace (unless it pays cash) or we would do all it takes to have it.

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  2. marley raine23 September 2017 at 01:39

    I love the first stanza.

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  3. brudberg23 September 2017 at 01:47

    Walking a mile might work.. but will we tolerate the blisters? will we learn? sometimes I feel not.

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  4. Susan Anderson23 September 2017 at 05:52

    I think walking in the shoes of others would work, but it would needy to be for many, many miles, I'm afraid. We don't seem to learn or change too easily, sorry to say.

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  5. rallentanda23 September 2017 at 07:51

    Sadly Mammon is the driving force for humanity and always has
    been. Money rules in this secular materialistic age.

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  6. Frank Hubeny23 September 2017 at 08:02

    It is good to try to empathize with those people around us especially those we disagree with.

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  7. J.N.T.23 September 2017 at 11:23

    That last line is true. I agree. Great wise poem my friend.

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  8. Marja23 September 2017 at 12:04

    Great poem Yes if we really try to walk in someones shoes peace will be achieved

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  9. Monika Davessar23 September 2017 at 14:57

    Grt post ...I liked the words that you must first put on my shoes without any complaint n a big smile

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  10. Namy23 September 2017 at 20:47

    Peace can be achieved by being empathetic. But that's the difficult part.

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  11. Susan25 September 2017 at 01:33

    Yes, I want to. This poem is a great invitation full of welcome!

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  12. Gayle Walters Rose25 September 2017 at 07:43

    I think we humans are a lazy bunch at times. We're complacent and feel it's someone else's job to make things work and achieve peace in the world. It will start and end with each of us doing our part...but will we?

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  13. GST Training Delhi25 September 2017 at 15:09

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  14. Sindhu Devi K27 September 2017 at 18:08

    Well said , Anita. No one would even think of judging others after reading your poem. Love it!

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Your words mean a lot to me.