PERCEPTIONS

How do people perceive me?

This for sure I cannot see

Too gullible, too friendly or

Too cold, at times silly

May be it’s the way they think

Changing perceptions faster

Than a blink

How can one judge all that

In whose company you ate

And where you sat

What you spoke

And whose heart you broke

So complex are these perceptions

Ringing of truth and deceptions

Yet there is a moral; to this story

Do what one can do humbly

Be modest and treat people gently

For life rolls by at breath taking speed

A good name is all one does need.



Dr Shehzad Latif

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I wrote this poem as the idea inspired me while i was teaching a group of students. How do people perceive us and what do they think about us and what shoulld our aim be.

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Muhammad Naveed Ahmed's picture

This is a poem that has come directly from the heart and goes directly to the heart of the reader. It has depth and clarity mixed with humility and understanding. Kudos...but please check your spellings and punctuation...You are my friend and I cannot bear to see you making simple mistakes.