No One Can Be Here And Also There

In a world of contrasts, where public smiles mask private sorrows and victories hide silent battles, we all wear unseen wounds. Do we truly know the people we envy or disdain?

Those who laugh the most in public cry the most in secret
Those who thrive the most in public strive the most in secret
Those who have the most in public lack the most in secret
Those who shine the most in public dim the most in secret
Why do you wish to become someone else who nurses a secret wound?
No one can be here and also there
You are either in the farm or in the hood

Those who cry the most in public laugh the most in secret
Those who strive the most in public thrive the most in secret
Those who lack the most in public have the most in secret
Those who dim the most in public shine the most in secret
Why do you wish to disdain someone else who is wearing a secret crown?
No one can be black and also black
You are either black or you are white

Those who show the most in public hide the most in secret
Those who dare the most in public fear the most in secret
Those who give the most in public take the most in secret
Those who heal the most in public kill the most in secret
Why do you wish to become someone else who nurses a secret wound?
No one can be here and also there
You are either in the farm or in the hood

Those who hide the most in public show the most in secret
Those who fear the most in public dare the most in secret
Those who take the most in public give the most in secret
Those who kill the most in public heal the most in secret
Why do you wish to disdain someone else who is wearing a secret crown?
No one can be black and also black
You are either black or you are white.

© Godwin Isiwu

Author's Note

The poem's message is straightforward and simple: do not wish to be like someone else because you think they are too good; no one is supremely perfect; and do not wish not to be like someone because you think they are too bad; no one is supremely imperfect. In the poem, the writer stresses that no one can be overtly evil or good, making references to public and secret places, which he calls “here and there, farm and hood.” The poem emphasizes that either a person is bad here and good there or good here and bad there; never the same way at both places. In summary, do not disdain yourself nor anyone; for just as you, everyone has good and bad sides. In an attempt to deliver this message, the poem reveals that people are often the opposite of what you assume them, “in the other place” — in other words, when you see a good side of someone, there’s definitely the bad side you missed, and when you see the bad side, there’s definitely the good side you missed.

What do you think, fellow intellectuals?

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