People die of wars
People die of diseases
People die of accidents
People die of drugs
People die of violent crimes
People die of nonviolent murders
People die of natural disasters
People die of starvation
People die of thirst
People die of heatstroke
People die of hypothermia
People die of suicide
And the rest
The rest of us who feel lucky
To avoid all the above
Die of old age
So why do you think you deserve this post?
Oh, I've done this and that blah blah blah
So why do you think you are qualified?
I believe in this and that blah blah blah
So why do you want to be this new person?
I will do this and that blah blah blah
And the questions not asked but answered truthfully
Do you have the ability to engage?
No
Do you have ability to forgive?
No
Do you intend to use your post for self gain?
Yes
Do you intend to use your title for revenge?
Yes
Do you want the job for the glamor of the title?
Yes
Do you care about anyone else but yourself?
No
Do you want this new post?
Yes
How much do you want it?
That is my ultimate goal in life
Do you think you can do it?
The title will certainly look good on me
Do you think you can do it?
Of course I can
Ok then
You are hired
A fool thinks respect
Is earned
Thereby working so hard
To attain the title
Make a lot of money
Own expensive items
Attain power
Thinking that is how
Respect is earned
Since that is what fools think
Not understanding that
The only way to earn respect
Is by giving respect
To those from whom
The respect is desired
And even more not realizing
That no one
No matter what the title
How much money
How much power
And how much goods you own
Will give you more respect
Than the respect you show them
No matter how lowly
How poor
How weak
Or without possessions
That person may be
So that fools keep on
Going around parading
That title around their necks
Showing off the riches
Exercising their powers
Disrespecting everyone in their way
Wondering why
No one respects them
The laws are clear
Instructions are clear
The necessity of laws
Importance instructions
Are absolutely clear
When it comes to everything
In the society
For it to function
But when it comes to
Laws and instructions
Pertaining to human mind
Nothing is more detested
By human beings
Godless people
Who demand absolute
Blank canvas
However you choose
Whatever you want
Anything is permitted
As long as majority of people
Godless people
Vote to make it into a law
Whatever
Anything that satisfied their need
The right to be free
To do whatever
Without being told what
Or how to live
But it is just too bad that
No one can live forever
To see in real life
The grand finale
People live their lives
As if it will never end
Or is it that
They know the end is inevitable
But chooses to not think about it
Believing there is nothing
You or anyone
Can do about it
Tic toc tic toc
One second after another
Heading closer and closer
To the end
Despite having heard
Of the gospel
About Jesus Christ
And life everlasting
So many have and will
Reject such "nonsense"
Rather choosing to rely
On their own intellect
The intellect that cannot
Foretell one second into the future
So proud of their own thought process
Having faith in their superior mind
Like a man sitting on a hill
Happy and secure
Until the earthquakes hits
And ground opens up
In due time
If not today
Then surely in the future
Tic toc tic toc
The lost gospel
Intellectualized
Analyzed
Dissected
Every verse
Every word
Data crunched
Published
The word of God
The Bible
Used for PhD thesis
For Masters and Doctors
Just as in the days of
Jesus Christ
The biblical scholars
Dressed in fine robes
While Jesus spoke directly
To uneducated
Poor
And socially despised
The gospel of Christ
Is hidden now in the midst
Of intellectual display
Among the most proud
All vying for spotlight
All hoping to shed a new light
To take credit for understanding
What others have not
Blaming God
For the lack of miracles
Findings excuses
For their lack of faith
As if none would have sunk
As Peter did walking on water
With Jesus right next to him
All so confident of their faith
All greater than Peter
Yet lacking faith
And not knowing
Their lack of faith
The polar opposite
Of humility
There are not many things
In life more uglier
More dishonorable
Or shameful
Than those who rejoice
When something bad happens
To others
Not only when it happens
But wishes for it day and night
Planning and scheming
To make certain of bad outcome
Not as part of competition
For an office or title
But in real everyday life
Wishing
Hoping
Earnestly waiting
For that negative news
So far far away
From good
Character of sick human mind
Lost soul
Such people do not deserve sympathy
When something bad happens to them
Since sympathy belongs to those
Who rejoice at site of good
Those who help others to be better
Who can forgive
And forget
Encouraging others
The beacon of hope
In the midst of chaos
Absolute chaos
Confusion of the minds
No map
No instruction
No direction
No purpose
Just pure self concluded
Philosophy of life
Made up beliefs
Or faith in other similar
Self generated dogma
Of absolute nonsense
Taking the place of unknown
Rather to believe in nonsense
Than to admit not knowing
All so proud to be
So proud
There is nothing more to say
Other than the fact that everyone
Every single human being
Will either individually or collectively
Come to a conclusion
For any situation or observation
Making laws and framing the decision
With so many varying opinions
And at the end left up to few individuals
The nine justices at supreme court
If it even reaches that far up the chain
Most of which will not
And be decided by the jury or a judge
If it is a legal matter
Or the governing body
Such as the board members of a company
Or committees given such privilege
Of any organization with its bylaws
So that however illogical or erroneous
The thought process might be
That may have lead to some profoundly
Idiotic selfish self serving decision
Nothing will be changed unless one
Continuously challenges and proclaims
The wrongfulness of such decision
Perpetually opposing
Perpetually fighting
Proclaiming who is right and why
On and on and on
Until it becomes a matter of not
Who is right or who is wrong
But a matter of pride and ego
To declare victory
A good musician
Not necessarily great
Or well known
Can produce fine music
Using not so fine
Or expensive instrument
In the same way
Any motivated
Driven student
Can achieve the goal
Going to a not so fine
Or well known university
But somehow so much
Emphasis is on the school
On the instrument itself
To produce spectacular results
As if great instrument
Will result in beautiful music
Or a great university
Will result in bright future
Putting the cart
Before the horse
Oscars 2022
Even in Hollywood
A man too proud
Too high up on the cloud
On the world stage
Spotlight perhaps more focused
Than sufferings of Ukrainians
By the Russians
One man feeling disrespected
Will Smith the movie star
Strikes Chris Rock
The comedian
A grand display
Spectacular arrogance
An irrevocable failure
To show love and understanding
Yet in the name of love
Displaying the very violence
That revealed the true nature
To the entire world
The nature of a man
Who lacks wisdom
And understanding
To turn the other cheek
With all that money
With all that power
And time running out
Maybe ten twenty
Or thirty years max
Left to live on this planet
Why start a war
Killing thousands
Ten thousands
Innocent civilians
Soldiers with families
Friends and relatives
What on Earth does
Mr. Putin need before
He goes 6 feet under
What good is it
Like Jesus once said
If a man gains the whole world
But looses his own life
What good is it indeed
To die and take nothing
To live in eternal
Darkness and oblivion
Eternal suffering
Everyone's got issues
That's for sure
Mother
Father
Brother
And sister
Including that guy
In Russia
Mr. Putin
And everyone else
On this planet
Regardless of ethnicity
Gender
Religion
Status
Each and everyone
Needs some psychotherapy
Some more than others
A lot more
Eileen Gu representing China
Is a choice
An inconsequential luxury
Of being a hapa American
Nathan Chen representing US
Is not a choice
But the only way possible
As a full ethnic Chinese American
Eileen Gu's half white genes
That biological blueprint
Can never be taken away
A genetic link to being American
Nathan Chen's only claim
To being American
In the legal context
Is being born in the American soil
Whereas Eileen Gu's representation
Of China can be deemed respect
For her mother's half
Without ever endangering her American heritage
Nathan Chen's representation
Of China would be considered un-American
Throwing away the only chance to prove
That he is in fact an American
Even representing US
With gold around his neck
Many would consider him
Less American than Eileen Gu
Despite she representing China
Because she is half white
Genetically speaking
Regardless of how one portrays
And Eileen's choice
To represent China
Is not so much gain for her
But absolute loss to America
The failure of American society
To embrace all ethnic groups
Including hapas
To feel proud to represent America
Olympics in Beijing
Kamila Valieva doping scandal
Eileen Gu representing China
Nathan Chen representing US
Russians at the brink of invading Ukraine
One bitcoin at $40,000
Blockchain on the rise
NFTs producing millionaires
Omicron surge abating
Lingering Omicron deaths
Lingering anti-vaxxers
EV revolution
Just another day
Another news
From the perspective of
Colored spectacles
It is hard to live
Like a rich person
When you are poor
But it is even harder
To live like a poor person
When you are rich
It is hard to be humble
When you are not
But it is even harder
To be arrogant
When you are not
Everyone seems to be rushed
Rushed to do so many things
Maybe because everyone knows
That time is running out
But the kids
The driven kids
Under high expectations
Surrounded by others of the same
Rushed to take classes
Rushed to go to college
Rushed to graduate
Rushed to get a job
All the while chasing
The ever elusive target
Of success measured by
Other rushed people
Without knowing what
Success truly is
Other than universally agreed
Amassing of large wealth
Spending entire life
Rushing to go from
Point A to point B
Within a finite life
Like a person on Amtrak
Anxious to go from East to West
Obsessed with destination
Missing all the beauty in between
Not realizing
It is not the destination
But relaxed happy travel
That defines the success