INSECURITY (Ghazal)

stealing your own happiness

Oh, woman, dear, don’t be so insecure;

You’re only hurting yourself when you are insecure.

 

Look  at the mirror and see how beautiful you are,

You don’t need to feel bad and to be insecure.

 

When you see others smile and happy in their lives,

Can’t you just smile for them and not feel insecure?

 

When someone deserves a prize, an award for his deed,

Would you aim to claim it because you’re insecure?

 

When someone stands now in a place where you dream,

Would you pull him down there when you feel insure?

 

When someone’s being praised for an excellent work,

Would you make some sour grapes- deeds of an insecure?

 

Yes, you are stealing a moment of your own joy,

Every moment that you’re jealous and you feel insecure.

Author's Note

Ghazal

A Ghazal is a poem that is made up like an odd numbered chain of couplets, where each couplet is an independent poem. It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line. The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, and an inline rhyme that preceedes the refrain. Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, has this refrain and inline rhyme, and the last couplet should refer to the authors pen-name... The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.

Credits to: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/ghazal.html

Reviews

[Pax]

insecurities are the worst enemy upon looking up into your inner self, we can't help but feel those, after all we are all human, yet it doesn't mean you'll have to put all the trouble just to be perfect in the eyes of many... this piece reminds me of the quote i posted last few weeks ago, it says:

I may have too many insecurities at bay, yet I never let it blurry the road I take..

With that said, this piece is a good reminder, that we must not be clouded by our own self-judgement and self assessment... from time to time, we must let our soulful light be free from all the negativity...

very nice work, pretty friend.

[Dhaye]

Thank you, Pax.

[Dhaye]

Wala ka man lang bang sasabihin sa ORIGINAL PHOTO jan ha? Hehehe.

[Pax]

well, i don't want to judge, di naman ako expert, but it is still nice.... what photo editor are you using pala?

[Rachelle]

Words of wisdom, sis!
And, one of these days, I will try to create one or two of these little structures and schemes you share.

Hugs!

[Dhaye]

Thanks. Just enjoy while learning...

[Eddie Davis]

Quite nice, Dhaye, thanks for sharing.

[Dhaye]

Thank you. Do you have free time now and you are able to read almost all of new posts? LOL.
I greatly appreciate your presence on my page, Eddie. Thanks a lot. God bless!

[Eddie Davis]

Well, no, actually I am procrastinating. I'm trying to finish proofreading my latest book, I'm reformatting the four older books that I have placed on Writer's Cafe, I also am trying to do some artwork for these books, and on top of that, as our church is still without a Pastor, I agreed to preach on Sunday (I haven't preached in over 7 years), so I have a sermon that I need to practice on. But honestly, I think I'd rather sit here on a Friday night and relax and learn something new.

[Dhaye]

Wow, you're a Pastor? have you met Neil Aranda? I direct you to him and I think I also gave his link to you. That's a great mission. God bless!

[Eddie Davis]

I used to be a pastor, but now I'm not. They knew I could preach though, so I was drafted for this Sunday to fill in while the Associate Pastor, who had been filling in over the past few weeks, was gone this Sunday.