{"id":447,"date":"2011-06-15T15:40:05","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bearve.net\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2013-03-14T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T05:57:31","slug":"enough-playacting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bearve.net\/blog\/poetry\/enough-playacting","title":{"rendered":"Enough playacting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I<\/span>f, as was once said<\/p>\n

and regurgitated endlessly since<\/p>\n

‘All the world’s a stage,<\/p>\n

and all the men and women merely players’<\/p>\n

who I wonder is spectating<\/p>\n

This impressive production, the cast<\/p>\n

the costumes, the sets and locations<\/p>\n

impossible to believe is just for the One’s amusement<\/p>\n

If that is the case and<\/p>\n

one I hold no prejudices against<\/p>\n

then what happens if one among us mortals<\/p>\n

decides to pursue this pastime?<\/p>\n

Not acting as a spectator but living life <\/p>\n

as an absolute impotent observer<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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This is not an easy task<\/p>\n

considering the refined teachings as child<\/p>\n

employed by family, friends and teachers at close quarters<\/p>\n

and from the society more distantly, with lesser investment<\/p>\n

Each encouraged to erupt in exhilaration and temper in sorrow<\/p>\n

Sorted out, branded, cruelly as unfit<\/p>\n

if the physical manifestation be incontextual or incoherent<\/p>\n

The implicit deceit of expectation<\/p>\n

that dull but constant pressure unavoidable<\/p>\n

goading to perform feats <\/p>\n

imprinting your name on some stranger’s time<\/p>\n

connives expertly for us to assume a role<\/p>\n

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And once cast<\/p>\n

you are immediately typecast<\/p>\n

Living life by a template<\/p>\n

cautious, smearing crayon only within the outlines<\/p>\n

lest you displease<\/p>\n

Displease whom?<\/p>\n

It’s never a singular<\/p>\n

Confusing matters by becoming a collective<\/p>\n

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How many desire to be a spectator?<\/p>\n

Observe without being affected, <\/p>\n

be involved yet remain detached<\/p>\n

Admiring a magicians magnificent illusion in awe<\/p>\n

not preening to decipher it<\/p>\n

neither keening to recreate nor alter it<\/p>\n

let each urge slip away<\/p>\n

Observing an Impala outmanoeuvre a cheetah<\/p>\n

with as much dispassion as chancing on <\/p>\n

a hollow child of mere skin and bones<\/p>\n

stuck firmly in the clutches of inevitability<\/p>\n

Restraining the urge to act<\/p>\n

refraining from making a dent<\/p>\n

defacing the cosmic maya<\/p>\n

taking a spray can to a Picasso<\/p>\n

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While each performs as our karma dictates<\/p>\n

no one receiving any more nor less than one deserves<\/p>\n

Any belief in this should suffice<\/p>\n

in taking the hammer to one’s mould<\/p>\n

Destroying that typecast, disowning it forever<\/p>\n

Free to inspire and deflate others<\/p>\n

spread joy, sorrow, pride and disappointment<\/p>\n

in equal orders<\/p>\n

Never worrying what the critics say, for<\/p>\n

you are no longer performing a role<\/p>\n

and spectators are free <\/p>\n

to laugh at criticism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"I\"f, as was once said<\/p>\n

and regurgitated endlessly since<\/p>\n

‘All the world’s a stage,<\/p>\n

and all the men and women merely players’<\/p>\n

who I wonder is spectating<\/p>\n

This impressive production, the cast<\/p>\n

the costumes, the sets and locations<\/p>\n

impossible to believe is just for the One’s amusement<\/p>\n

If that is the case and<\/p>\n

one I hold no prejudices against<\/p>\n

then what happens if one among us mortals<\/p>\n

decides to pursue this pastime?<\/p>\n

Not acting as a spectator but living life <\/p>\n

as an absolute impotent observer<\/p>\n

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