ANOTHER FACE IN THE CROWD?

Who are we?
Another face
in the crowd?

STOP!
LOOK!
LISTEN!

Great talent can
be lurking behind
so-called
Plain Faces..

Genius might be
stumbling down
an alley

Or perhaps a
world-shaker
in the making
just dilivered
our pizza

Who's to say?

In our arrogance
we snub appearances
which do not suggest
Wisdom
Beauty
Strength

Pride struts
as a Peacock

Unaware that
humility awaits
him around the
corner to test
his metal..

Everyday people..

Is there such
a thing as an
everyday flower?

The beauty of
a rose is timeless
and mysterious, and
so is the
essence of the
power that sustains
it

Everyday people..
Who are they?

Dressed in rags
And broken by
this worlds
trials

Greatness often
looms incognito

Slipping through
the back door

Without the proper
ID..

We bumped elbows
with the lady
in the supermarket

She looked broken
and feeble sorting
through the produce
bin

But who was she?
REALLY..

Oh! She's just
like me!
An everyday person!

Now that's what makes
Greatness!

Understanding the
fear in us..

We can be both
brilliant and
stupid at times

A mix of the
divine and of
the brute

The shame and
the glory crowns
us all

Look for the
greatness walking

It's a standing
Miracle

It's another face
in the crowd..
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Apr 2011

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Comments (13)

SCatlyn
FANtastic poem, Jim!
I've had a discussion on this very subject several times with a good friend of mine...


(Speaking of talent... look in the mirror wink thumbs up )
jeddah12
The shame and
the glory crowns
us all

Look for the
greatness walking

It's a standing
Miracle

It's another face
in the crowd..

handshake this is very very true jim,youre right in all your words here..sometimes,we ask ourselves,,who we are?really,,well done sir,another amazing write from you..truly speaks from within..applause wine teddybear
cafetwo2010
Thanks for reading an everyday guys stuff kat.' You're up late.lol. teddybear
cafetwo2010
You're a miracle jeddah! Thanks for the sweet compliment. Keep your happy smile..yay
iamwhoiamyousee
We are loosing our humanity by believing that difference needs to be feared instead of explored and so either look away or make a big circle around it. We are giving up our right to form our own opinion and that causes more harm than just about anything else.

great write...Iam
cafetwo2010
Perhaps you stated it better iamwho.' Culture driven motives, class conscious mind set, arrogance, etc. We get upset when the
measuring stick we use on others is also being used on us. Hence, poetic justice.
SUMMIT09
written with us in mind, we need to stop being so judgemental by ones appears and status in life at that point in time. thumbs up thumbs up
schawalski
this is some observation but look at the guy from America , he was homeless for years , now he has a job because of his amazing voice
moonontide
Cafetwo2010
A brilliant poem. It nails us all without exception.applause
andrew149
Judge not, lest ye be judged hey?....a brilliant poem Cafe, thankyou.....Even a king has to put his trousers on every morning, one leg at a time, just like the rest of us....In a traffic jam a rich man just has a little more comfort while he waits....but he still has to wait...just like the rest of us.....lol....Andrewcool
kickit22
this is a wonderful write cafe. love it.. kick..
cafetwo2010
Thanks kickit. Every day I strive harder to express my thoughts more clearly . It was this Poets Corner that gave me the freedom to relax and just say whatever. I'm forever the student..cool
niah9
Nothing Cafetwo...brings my passion to the boil quicker, than those who judge others....by their own feeble life restriction....
I was judged cruely as a child because I had a stammer...no one asked WHY, or even looked past it. Dance teachers when I was 18, saw the real me in hiding, and gave the me the chance to prove I was able to break the mould...because a mic...which all dance teachers use when running classes, gives a bounce back, and cures a stammer....all my life I guess I have fought those who judge a book by its cover...there for the grace of god go I....
Great poem, great sincere and heartfelt write...
Niah teddybear cheering bouquet
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