beg...

if one were to presume knowledge of me,
i would have to beg to differ...one can
never fully know that which they do not
take the time to understand...


some may think that my ways are unorthodox,
i would have to beg to differ...how cannot
an unorthodox concept be more orthodox?

some may even claim to love me...
i would not only beg to differ, i would also demand
reason why such an incandescent lie can be spoken with
such unforgiving ease...if you cannot see inside,
the pain that exists, if you refuse to step
away from your comfort zone and ask the questions
to which the answers you do not want to hear...how
then, can you presume to love or care about anything?

i am told that life, however unfair, is worth living,
i would have to beg to differ...how can you place
worth on something as intangible as life? how can
you look upon that which cannot be looked upon and
assign a corporeal value to it? what gives you that
right?

i am told that there is a good in people...
i would have to beg to differ...how can such a young,
misguided lot of miscreants be capable of anything
but mischief? it is in our nature to be selfish and
evil...

i am told that my outlook is one of fallacy,
i would have to beg to differ...i simply see the
world as it is, not as one would hope to see...
i see through eyes unclouded, i see through
eyes unshaded, i see through eyes unsweetened...

i see, and yet, i would have to beg to differ...

believe what you will, but always question that
which cannot be proven, for the only thing you know
for certain is nothing you know is certain...

of this, i'm afraid, i cannot beg to differ...

-s.r.petros 

2 Feb 2005