Toxic People
Know Thine Enemy
If you speak out of hope, they discourage you
When you speak out of love, they’ll slander you
If you speak out of courage, they’ll frighten you
When you speak out of peace, they attack you
If you speak out of freedom, they’ll shackle you
When you speak out of joy, they’ll mock you
If you speak out of boldness, they doubt you
When you speak out of praise, they’ll insult you
If you speak out of pride, they shame you
When you speak out of trust, they betray you
About the Creator
Earl W. Pearl
I’ve been writing poetry (rhyming mostly) since about 2014 and have recently transitioned to writing novels and short stories. My poetry genres are faith, humor, social issues, politics, pretty much any subject matter.
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Standing While Falling
Quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche "He who wrestles long with monsters should beware lest he himself become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you. Man is not destroyed by suffering, but by the meaning he makes of it."
By LUCCIAN LAYTH7 days ago in Critique
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Amazing work...Basically, those are not the right people for us who make us feel that way, we should not allow anybody to make us feel worthless. I have written a blog regarding this, if you are interested Take a look here: https://shopping-feedback.today/motivation/let-go-of-people-who-make-u-feel-worthless%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="w4qknv-Replies">.css-w4qknv-Replies{display:grid;gap:1.5rem;}
Thank you for this well written!
Such a sad reality. Good one, Earl.
So many truths!