Drop in the Ocean: Pride
This poem was written from the weekly prompt for the Drop in the Ocean post, which is a fun, community building effort by @buddyup.
Pride
Stop pulling at me already.
I don’t have time for your tricks.
The only way through this is humble,
Pride and surrender don’t mix.
I’ve been torn down enough now,
I don’t need any more.
You can have the top of the mountain,
I’ll stay down here on the shore.
Every burn from your sun has scarred me,
To the point that I want to hide.
Instead I’ll just keep moving,
Try to take it in stride.
To let you go completely,
No more delusional decrees,
Would be a worldwide breath of relief.
A day I would like to see.
Original poem by Katrina Ariel
Hmmm…
So that was interesting. It began as a personal conversation with pride, and dissolved into wanting to be free of pride on a global scale.
I’m talking about false pride, of course, about the idea of any one of us being better than another. That “I’m better than you,” mentality is the source of all misery, in my ever so humble opinion. ;)
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being proud of yourself, as long as pride doesn’t begin to make us think we’re better than other people. Tricky balance, that.
If you have thoughts on the subject, I’d love to hear them in the comments, but first...
Please check out my Open Mic entry!
I did my first entry for Steemit Open Mic this week, and I'm proud of it. A little nervous to put myself in the spotlight, too, but that's what this blogging thing is about so... I'd love it if you'd check out the post with video and lyrics. The song is less than three minutes, and is bittersweet but ends on a hopeful note. ;)
And be sure to head on over to #buddyup to see what’s happening in this great community!
Thanks for reading!
Peace. @katrina-ariel
Author bio: Katrina Ariel is an old-soul rebel, musician, tree-hugging yogini, and mama bear to twins. Author of Yoga for Dragon Riders (non-fiction) and Wild Horse Heart (romance), she's another free-spirit swimming in the ocean of Steemit.
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I really loved this line..
i have felt that so often hahahahaha "just take it!!!!" LOL
loved the picture too - it was so beautiful. such surrender!
happy to get a bit of time with you today in the show - and saw that sweet buddyup shoutout on the bottom hehehehe :)
Thank you. It's a good line. lol! Glad I finally got to doing a Drop in the Ocean post. This was fun!
I liked the poem; the contrast is evident and the delusional pride feels harmful to you, not just something you dislike but something you are more 'allergic' to, in a way.
It's interesting, to think that we are all equal. Maybe inherently, we all have the potential to be all good, in an equal way. However, I don't feel like we all achieve that potential. Mainly because of society and circumstances, and in fact I do consider myself privileged and more lucky than most people, to achieve free education, free health care, and so on.
Thank you. As for everyone being equal, yes privilege is a thing, something I benefit from, but that doesn't make me better than anyone else. I think we are all citizens of the world, and regardless of our situations everyone deserves to be treated with dignity. What I dislike the most is thinking that one group of people is better than another for any reason. That kind of false pride is one reason we have so many wars.
This let's me think of times that I am going up against people who have such pride , although it may be warranted it keeps them from compromise, in the end they wish to dominate driven by this pride, getting to the point though, that section lets me think it is a case of not fighting fire with fire, but instead I would rather back down - make way for the f@#$ing pride parade - which tends to work quite well but maybe is just a way to birth a violent psychopath .
As you say tricky balance that. 😀
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