The dumbing down of our conscience,
Where will it us lead?
It will only lead us to commit black deed upon black deed!
A benumbed conscience is a dangerous thing,
It lets our devilish tendencies take wing!
It makes us fall and fall from grace,
It leaves of our humanity not even the slightest trace!
Everyday it makes us of degradation new depths plumb,
It leaves us morally dumb and our sensibility numb!
When we grow oblivious to all distinctions of wrong and right,
And our good sense all but takes flight,
Take it as the beginning of the end,
And prayers to the Almighty above send
To give us the good sense to step back from the brink
And deep from the fountain of truth drink
To enable us to nail our own miserable wretched lies,
And resuscitate our conscience which before us bit by bit dies!
Only therein lies our redemption as a race,
And our slow return to a life of righteousness and grace!
Arun Bhagat
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Awesome words sir🌸🌸🌸
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Thank you very much, Sapna dear! Stay blessed.
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Each one of us has two aspects in life…positive and negative…it rests on us to which of these two we give flames to…nice poem Sir
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title is very catchy…very nice
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Thank you very much,Sonia Ji! The poem might be nice and its title catchy but what it depicts about our society is rather sad and bothersome!
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Each one of us has two aspects in life…positive and negative…it rests on us to which of these two we give flames to…nice poem Sir
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Thank you very much, Priyanka Ji! Tragedies are a part of life and a benumbed conscience is one of the biggest possible tragedies for oneself and the society at large!
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Great👍👏👏👏👏 as always a pleasure to read.
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Thanks a lot, Sunita Ji! Coming from you, I find the above observation highly motivating!
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Truly a clarion call to awaken one’s conscience, Professor Saheb. Without an awakened and sensitive conscience, one is not even a human.
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So true, Jogesh Bhai! And that is how many of us are losing our essential humanity. Thanks for responding. Stay blessed.
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