How We Live

 

What is love without having a sacrifice?
What is sacrifice without a true devotion?
Is there a devotion that is forced by men?
Does sacrifice mean a forced obligation?

We often seek devotion from other hearts
We often ask for sacrifices but then we assess
We often force others to love and care
Yet we often think more but we feel less.

Do we really see ourselves from the mirror?
We are created to become creators-
of a brighter sky and a calmer sea
of a softer breeze and a greener pasture.

Everyone has his legacy, everyone has a dream
Everyone wants both the sun and the rain
Everyone wants to smile, to laugh and to grin
Everyone wants to move on from too much pain.

Then let each other live freely and try to understand
So we can tell the world how we love and care
How do we sacrifice and show our devotion
How we live our life that is really fair.

Author's Note

Sacrifice or obligation?

Reviews

[Pax]

Yet we often think more but we feel less.

that particular line always caught my attention, everytime I read this, ngayon lang naka review,hehe... so we do, we do, we do tend to overthing things/situations having less of the feelings... specially when your under too much pressure from stress or other people pushing you to do this or that, that we neglect to feel what's right to our own right...

Sacrifice or obligation?

sometimes they co-relate together that, somehow we tend to do it all anyways... hay... yan ang buhay practical... boom! :D

[Zahra]

True sacrifice comes from within, by love and will, and not by obligation... a truly beautiful piece my friend. Exquisite.

[Dhaye]

Thank you, Z.

[paul sal.....]

neither,,obligation fulfilled because it is a choice, not forced, because there can be love..............beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sami Khalil]

Very good questions and pondering on those two important aspects of relationships. Thought provoking. Excellent...:)............

[Dhaye]

Thank you, Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)...........

[Michael (Letters and Li..]

Beautiful poem, Dhaye! And as always, your writing has such a great and powerful message! Please keep writing, my friend! :)

[Dhaye]

Thank you so much, Michael.

[Tom]

An eloquently penned poem of harmony and free will to live and love as we please, uninhibited by peer pressure or outside oppressive influence !

Am I right Dhaye ?

[Dhaye]

Thanks, Tom. (Sorry, late response again).

[Coyote Poetry]

Beautiful photo and amazing words. Love is like a garden. Need care and concern to grow. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Dhaye]

Thanks a lot, CP.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome. I was glad to see your name on the update screen.

[Dhaye]

What update screen? I don't know something about it.

[Coyote Poetry]

The screen that appeared on the side of the main home page.

[Frieda P]

'I've looked at clouds from both sides now...I really don't know love at all' I don't think it should be either, it's give and take or love suffers the consequences, you can never force anyone to love another, there's no rhyme or reason for our heart's endearment. Nicely pen'd and gorgeous pic Dhaye.

[Dhaye]

Wow! Love your thoughts, Frieda. Thanks so much. :)

[gabrielle]

Would you still consider something as a sacrifice if it is done to someone you love? The first few lines gave me the idea that this might be a deep pondering from a point of view of a lover. But towards the end, i realized that this piece is a question whether our existence on earth had truly mattered.

[Dhaye]

Possible concepts but neither is right as to where I have taken the muse of this piece...but I will consider the last one because unintentionally, I have made my last verse sound like it. Lol.
When someone feels that he is forced to embrace something that he doesn't love, or to force him to eat a food that he doesn't like...questions will arise.

Thank you so much for your insights, Gab. I missed you. Glad to see you again. It's been a while. So difficult to be here through cp only. Lol

[gabrielle]

i could not write that lengthy when using a cp. hats off to you. lol. :) i missed you, too.

[Dhaye]

Ber months are busy months for me. I am going to solicit help through prayers for my students again. Medyo stressed ako now sa mga extra-curricular activities ...and obligations. I am gaining weight when undet pressure pa naman. Huhu!

[Dhaye]

*under pressure

[gabrielle]

hindi ka nag-iisa sa issue na iyan. lol... with my hair so short para ako babaeng panda: dark eyebags plus the shape. hahahaha!

[Dhaye]

Lol. Ba't inaapi mo sarili mo? Babaeng panda daw...baka ako yun...babaeng pandakekok. Hehehe.

[gabrielle]

cute kaya ang panda..hehehehe.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

a very good question pondered in this piece...sacrifice or obligation...love forced or love given freely...

a very smart poem, Dhaye---

really like your wording.

[Dhaye]

Thanks a lot, Sir J. :)