Rules of Life
Strength, Riches, Class;
How we live
Like it or not, survival
of the fittest often rules
That's a rule nature uses
Like it or not, possessions,
Who has the most lives the best
Millionaires get what they want
Like it or not we may be
Under the thumb who has spite
Prejudice, racial or class
School kids learn the rules passed down
Pased from kids older than they
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- Photo and Poem Copyright ©️ jimmiehov 2025, All Rights Reserved
- Photo is of my youngest granddaughter at three years old, she is in high school now. It was taken at Pepa Pig Park near South Hampton, U.K.
- I am am linked with "Friday Writings" 186 at https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/?m=1 -- This week, the optional prompt is, "Survive out of spite".
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posted by Jim @ 7/17/2025 09:36:00 PM
10 comments
10 Comments:
A very warm memory Jim - and a lovely photo - Jae
Yes, if only we could create some new and better rules!
Ultimately it is our choice, how to react to what is handed to us.
I don't get the thinking behind the millionaire's endless pursuit of more money. That doesn't seem like winning to me.
Un-Christian prejudices die hard.
PK
How often when we are young, we become trapped in what we collectively call "societal norms" - even if it the rebelliousness of youth. It's only as we age and we become wiser and more experienced, that we begin to realise that there are maybe better ways. Some of us may even have enough strength and courage to bring up our children in a better way...
Time to change the rules
Like it or not, Dr. Jim ~~~ I love your poem and its truths.
Like it or not, this is life in.a fallen world. Susie
Each generation learns from the next, with school kids learning from their peers. If they are lucky, they will be able to separate the truth from the veil. Love the picture!
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