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No Matter
by Jared FladelandNo matter how happy you are,
someone is suffering equally as much.
No matter how much you hurt inside,
someone is having the best time of their life.
No matter how much you donate to charity,
someone is having everything taken away from them.
No matter how helpful you are,
someone isn't getting any help at all.
No matter how wretched life feels sometimes,
someone is getting everything they ever wanted.
No matter how much you try to be at peace,
someone is trying to bring as much destruction as they can manage.
No matter how much information you take in,
someone is still being ignorant.
No matter how little you try,
someone is working really really hard.
No matter how successful you are,
someone is failing to a lethal level.
No matter which extreme you're heading for,
someone is going the exact opposite way.
11/21/2012 Posted on 11/21/2012
Copyright © 2025 Jared Fladeland
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 11/21/12 at 04:44 PM As the Greeks said, "'Everything' in moderation!" But then is that really being moderate? Life has never been about moderation. It is about choosing your positon and at the same keeping somewhat of an open mind. But I know no one who has accomplished this. |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 11/21/12 at 05:10 PM Words of considerable wisdom. Nice. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 11/22/12 at 10:22 PM ...boing, boing, boing. a healthy write, jared. yin yang in a scuffle. life is, isn't it? |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 11/23/12 at 10:48 PM I wonder what it would feel like if we were all on the same page at the same time - you've nailed a good many of the human contrasts very well. |
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