Apothegm

A poem about the struggle for acceptance by society and by oneself. Inspired by the Berlin Wall Reconciliation Statue.

Best to be forewarned of trouble.
Mighty men, like lava, bubble.

Far cry, star cry,
once ignored.

Cry for battle,

now implored.

Those who think
and
those who struggle
find themselves
within a bubble
holding on to one another,
to one, a man,
the other, a brother.

Author's Note

At the end of the day, we're all struggling for acceptance.

Reviews

[Josie E. Cook M. A.]

I often think of the world in bubbles and how one bubble can be invaded by another,
we are individual, yet we also have interactions
and these aren't always what we want or need because our society may not be the way we thought or wanted. Family is what we seek and need often.
Your writing speaks about the struggles and being brothers. Battles are not easy at all.

[Brent]

Agreed that the battles are often difficult and uncomfortable. Interesting that you pointed out how one bubble can invade another. Sort of like invading another person's space...

Support in the form of family and friends makes these struggles much easier to manage.

[...]

Struggle in name of existence. Myself I struger every moment. What is authentic and what is not. Poem have nice,flow good work with words.

[Brent]

Right, to exist is to struggle and to struggle is to exist! I hope you embrace and overcome struggle.

Thank you for your kind words!

[...]

Yes thank you too. It's really great poem. Have nice day.

[Keziah Roads]

Acceptance is one of the greatest trait that a person can have. But it is nice to have a poem like this to open the mind set of each readers and even to those who are still struggling to find themselves.

[Brent]

And it is difficult to accept people when we have certain pre-conditioned thoughts. But, that's another discussion for the sociologists!

Yes, self-acceptance & acceptance of others is healthy. Thank you for your insightful review!

[Tazeen Ahmed]

This is an iconic piece portraying struggle for acceptance. Often, it's not easy to reconcile with people because we are all unique.a historic reference is given here to "Berlin Wall statue". After a bit of research, I found out that stalin was an elected secretary and his statue was removed by the Soviet forces. Here, again unacceptance is showcased.
the picture speaks the essence of this poem.
I like the use of "bubble" which denotes a very deep and intense reference and it is used in two contexts. Your poem speaks it all!
"holding on to one another,
to one, a man,
the other, a brother."
Excellent poetry.
Thank you for sharing:)

[Brent]

And even though we are all in these little bubbles, bubbles can break! People can definitely expand their views and recognize differing opinions.

Thank you for your kind words!

[emmajoy]

The melodic meter of your words beckon as if to have people make what they can of the poem's meaning. Surely without trials and struggles, we'd never discover our strengths or weaknesses?

[Brent]

I'm actually inspired by music quite a bit, so I try to inject some melody into my poems. Thank you for noticing!

I believe there's circumstances where a person has to seek out struggle. And that's very different than a person who is born into an environment where struggling is common place.

[emmajoy]

In most environments there's little or no need to find something, anything to struggle over! But, do see your point of view.

[Regina]

We struggle for acceptance and I can certainly relate to this poem...

[Brent]

You're absolutely right. We try so hard to make ourselves feel special enough to be accepted.

Thanks and glad you can relate!

[Sandra Soto]

Everyone is struggling with something, somewhere. This poem is very easy to relate to.

[Brent]

#thestruggleisreal At the same time, I believe that some struggle is necessary for people to achieve greatness. Some amount of struggle pushes people to take action.

The amount of struggle that is considered healthy is definitely open for debate. Thanks for your comment!