IF
If you can hold your own when, others are outgrown,
And they lose their minds and upon you thrust,
If only you can confide in your friends, when others don't,
But let others have their way they want,
If you are still unpurturbed,by the harm they cause,
Or being denied your right,you do not steal theirs,,
And still you do not stand to stare, nor look too unconcerned,
If you can still think of more fortunate,yet not envy those,
If you can still be calm and collected,and not let others irk,
If you can still let grief and happiness be an equal partner
And treat the two ironies just the way one should,
If you can still share the fruits of your efforts
Taken away by others who claim it as their own achievement,
Or still better see them earn fame and name at your cost,
And you can still face the world squarely and boldly!.
If
If you can just forget the wrath and damage done,
And with a smile give them your clap and bravo,
And let each one of your foes ,line up ahead of you
And never utter a sound of pain and sorrow!.
If you can still hold your cool for long there after
To still be happy to bestow them praise
And feel not a bit of disgust towards malicious humanity
Expertly pass the message to them that you know,everything,
If you are the coolest one around in good company
Only you are yourself, amongst poor and the elite alike,
If no one is your enemy nor friend and both have a place!.
If all you know can look upon you, with equal measure,
If you are always your normal self at all times,
With a million jobs well done , taken as theirs
You are the sun of Wisdom ,my progeny, all is your earning,
And what is most!.!.!.!.!.you are the only ''Human Being''!.
With all my apologies Sir !.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Rudyard Kipling
Years ago I read the poem of the greatest poet I knew then, Rudyard Kipling!.
With an apology then to him , I wrote,
IF,
a verse applicable in my years then,which was lost under the debris of time!.
I forgot it
Recently while doing my ''Zodiac Research,'' I came across the great
figure ,once again!.
He had his 'Mercury' in the sign of Gemini,
so do I know now, that I too have it,
in the same sign as his!.
With due regards to his ability I dare to rewrite
IF
as per modern times!.
All TIME is changeable and
CHANGE is the only CONSTANT FACTOR,
in life,!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. for all TIMES!.
Hence I am to apologise to him,for a second time, and hope you
My Dear Readers,
will bear with me!.
Thanks, My new poetic name is as below given by you !.
Hello!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. ''CANADA''
[ NAME GIVEN BY MY NEW ''GURU'']
ROBERT HARRISON
POET IN AUSTRALIA
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