The Karma Smorgasbord

It ALL comes out in the WASH...WE WILL REAP BOUNTIFULLY FROM WHAT WE SOW, be it good or bad. It's not something we like to think about, but it is the unadulterated TRUTH.

 

             The Karma Smorgasbord

 

Come one, come all, and join the feast

Prepare yourselves for a delectable treat

What you partake in is your predilection

Your smorgasbord is your selective discretion

 

What goes up must come down

What we dish out will come back around

It’s all up to us what we will eat

Will it be acidulated or will it be sweet?

 

I’ve lived long enough to have learned a few ropes

Been on sundry sides of the slope

If you dish out kindness, you procure the same

If you dish out ugliness, make way for the pain

 

Slander and careless inculpation’s carry a heavy weight

As we do what we wish & follow our fate

Determining this day to whom we will bow

Making a choice and emulating our crowd

 

A price will be paid for hostile malevolence

While a blessing accompanies those who choose to esteem & respect

 A multifarious smorgasbord lavished as we wish

A rancid casserole or a titillating dish

 

Just taking a synopsis of those who freely accuse

Lofty lovers of gossip, slander, and abuse

 The index finger barbed & pointed with pithy insistence undue

Quickly differentiating the guilty from the tried and true

 

Those that are innocent have nothing to hide

They relax in quietude and calmly abide

 Filled with infinite harmony & copious peace

They recline at their spread of an elaborate feast

 

Of buoyant laughter, joy, and incredulous tranquility

Unruffled & undisturbed with exemplary placidity

Happy-go-lucky and free from guilt and shame

They don’t have to “Do Drama” and play the game

 

The school of hard knocks is taking applications

We can choose freely our part of the equation

So, let’s get our hammers and delineate palisades

Uncover the charlatan, the fraudulent & the fakes

 

We can speak what we will and do what we please

Then lift our hands toward heaven and get ready to receive

Our myriad of choices is as diverse as the sea

We each hold the answer-We each hold the key

 

Come one, come all, and join the feast

Prepare yourselves for a delectable treat

What you partake in is your predilection

Your smorgasbord is your selective discretion

 

What goes up must come down

What we dish out will come back around

 It’s all up to us what we will eat

Will it be acidulated or will it be sweet?

Reviews

[Bhavya Kaushik]

This is a great piece of writing you have here Carole. I personally have a very strong belief on Karma because it's all is in my Dharma! :)
It is written in our religious books that any person's actions do affects hisher next reincarnation, So...I found this piece of writing very true and very much close to my heart as it touches my religious values!

"What goes up must come down
What we dish out will come back around
It's all up to us what we will eat
Will it be acidulated or will it be sweet?" - These four lines for me out stands the entire write, So deep!!

This is really a very powerful piece of writing, your words are so wise and the flow is really awesome too..!
(Also, the formatting and choice of words is brilliant)

Great work Carole! :)

[Michelle Tarnowski]

That is awesome Carole! I love it. A poeticly in your face reminder of how our behavior effects others. Must add this one to my library. God bless!

[Celtic Cat]

Oh this is so great!!! I'm glad I read your profile, or I may have scurried to another piece. I'd like to put a big fat AMEN on the bottom of this! lol So true, so true. An excellent little life lesson that we all should be aware of!!! A very noble piece indeed!! : ) As always....I found a piece I needed to read. Isn't it great when you open your eyes to SEE?!?!?

[bluessadmood]

this is so good dear ,i know ,it hurts what we see ,so much hatred and cruelty and ill behaviour ,its very bad the way things have reached ,and for what ,its no use ,whats is right is always right ,and what is wrong...it hurts me a lot as i see it here ,its a very respectable place-so much as its a writers place -,but everyday it seems its not ,definitely not ,it should be a very decent respectable ,literature cabn know no frauds no tricks or malice ,but if it goes on like this ,i have left once ,if its the same everyday ,i am really thinking of leaving for ever,i only miss good friends here,those i really consider as real treasure , but it proves everyday ,this place can never get better ,M

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

Very nicely written poem. And the rhyming of word is wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Debileah

[Blake Q Hatfield]

I love this take on Karma. The better person you are, the the more delicious and joyous is the feast of life, but should you be of the wicked, your feast will be rotten. Very true words.

[Jessica Benfield]

wow... this is amazing. i dont mean to patronize, but this was truly a brilliant and well thought out piece! the splash of color and variations in font size give it an added flare and delectability throughout. every word of this is the truth, and the repetition of the last two stanzas really sum this piece up in a perfectly delivered ending! amazing poem! im sorry i hadn't read it sooner!
smiles,
jess

[Emily Elizabeth]

This poem is so beautiful! I love the way you've used colour here, it makes the poem's prettiness even more outstanding. The metaphors and symbolism you've used are absolutely wonderful. This poem is oozing with charm, character and wit, as well as a deep-rooted spiritualism that really touches the soul. This is a poem that really makes you smile and brightens up your day.
However, using couplet- style rhyming is difficult, and it could use tightening up in places here, the sentences seem a bit unbalanced. But the overall flow is perfect, and the way you've written it is absolutely fantastic! It's such a positive, sunny piece. Thank you for sharing this lovely write!

[Jayne Ann Saporito]

This is ageless and timeless. Karma is real. Every one of us must pay what she/he owes someday. I enjoyed this read and it flows very well, full of wisdom as well as words! Great write.

[Valentine]

This is hiting the perevial nail right on the head..too bad so many people do not realize that they will eventually reap exactly what they sow. life is so short and one cannot undo what they have said or done to another after that person has left this eart..Best to keep the mouth shut and appear ignotant than to open it and remove all doubt..God bless..Nice write..Valentine

[Gary H]

Wonderfully done and colourfully created. You have said what should be impressed on so many peoples minds all the time. Sad to say that many don't understand the words - not reviewers here I might add! Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone followed your advice?