Measured,Weighed

If a man needs rewarded in the end for deeds he should do by conscience there is something wrong with him.

Becky and I

Neither birth, nor death, escape pain

it starts with the babe's cry

Men wax and wane, throughout their reign

in the end just to die

 

 Through heat and cold we push onward

like Lemmings to the sea

Ever shore-ward, ever nor-ward

and on to victory

 

The weeks pass by without delay

and with them countless tears

As most I'd say, lament the day

that their months turned to years

 

What makes man something to behold

is not the after-life

It's in the gold, of stories told

and arms of the good wife

 

We need no promise from above

to tell us we'll be paid

By joys hereof, through souls we love

is man then measured weighed

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Author's Note

It has always bothered me the idea of being paid in the end for our good deeds that is. If a man needs rewarded in the end for deeds he should do by conscience there is something wrong with him. Kindness is it's own reward. Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Reviews

[David Lewis Paget]

As always, Tate, you ponder the imponderable. I don't suppose we'll ever know the answer to your questioning the rights or wrongs of performing good deeds. Suffice it to say that good deeds usually bring about positive results, and these should be reflected in our Karma. Better that than the destructive urges now being played out in the middle east, anyway. And if there is nothing after death, we lose nothing by being magnanimous.

[Tate Morgan]

Pondering the Imponderables I will always do good works because kindness is its own reward Thank you David

[wordman]

I believe you have touched on the most important lesson for man
we shouldn`t be paid to do the right thing we should just want to do it
a beautiful and touching write my friend

[Tate Morgan]

Many thanks Wordman I agree. It is by our good deeds that we lead by example and ask nothing from this world or the next for our actions Kindness is it's own reward.

[wordman]

your either one or the other a father knows his children,you are welcome

[Deviant Works]

Absolutely stunning, Tate. I have forgotten how you can strum at my heartstrings with the majesty of your words. I feel humbled just visiting your page. I, too, believe kindness is a reward in itself. No resentment found when giving your love and guidance to another. People should never have expectations for the good deeds they do, not when something is meant to be given from the heart. To expect a reward destroys what has been supposedly freely offered. One should never try taking back what they give. I love this poem. Just tweaked at my heart. Thank you so much for inviting me here.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you kylie so sweet to hear. I took the afternoon off to work on this one My inspirations seem to come further and further apart.

[Deviant Works]

However, you are still quite capable of inspiring others even if your own well of inspiration threats to run dry. So talented, Tate. I cannot imagine a world without your words.

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you so much i am quite humbled by that

[Deviant Works]

Simple truth, old friend.

[Marie]

Yes, I do believe the kindness is its own reward; there is a joy in helping other that is not priced. But I also believe that both good Karma and bad Karma can be earned.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you marie

[Fran Marie]

We should strive to make every moment count and make our loveones happy..to see the joy and smiles knowing we played a part to make their life a bit better and brighter puts a smile on our face also..such beautiful thoughts within this poem

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Fran thank you I guess i think about the world our grandchildren will inherit so connected so without privacy I almost pity them

[Fran Marie]

Yes, there's nothing much private anymore, anywhere..

[Jerome F Knox III pseud..]

Verbose vernacular displayed with a gentle honesty and a moral lesson that is weighed and measure against the reader's comprehension.....

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you rico I am a simple man i see things in strange ways but honest truths

[Jerome F Knox III pseudonym Nefarious J. Dorsey]

Honest truths are the best truths....

[Tate Morgan]

Despite those who claim blindness
and in-spite of the follies of youth
there's nothing more kingly than kindness
and nothing more noble than truth

[Jerome F Knox III pseudonym Nefarious J. Dorsey]

Truth is reflective, depending on your perspective, at times introspective, receptively deceptive yet when we should live to forgive only to relive the positive resisting the negative.