NOT THE THIEF IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
Ako Philemon@akophilemon942119
4 days ago
Not the neighbourhood thief,
Neither the village dog known for the evil.
The blaring of trumpets,
The beeping of the alarm...
The very speech [gossips, rumours];
assasinating his character.
That very name he incurs upon himself,
Casts an aura around him; a countenance upon him.
And soon enough, his name spreads wide and far.
Not always of his acts of duplicity,
Not through his grave deeds.
But through news that washes snow white.
And picks its victim clean;
every man of his manner of conduct and of his character [character assassination].
For rumours stick like glue.
And gossip lingers within the mind.
Thus, far and wide these duo go,
Beyond the coverage of the mass media.
Without CCTV, Intelligence Unit...
Gossips and rumours get at it all,
Through speculation and premonition.
And it's always so.
For the thief in the neighborhood happens to be predictable.
He doesn't avoid,
Hence, can't be avoided.
He goes around and must surely come around.
For, what goes around,
Must surely come around and that's when he visits,
Always on the outlook and calculative.
And something misses upon his passing by.
Truth or a lie, they're on the march.
To accomplish its goal for good or for evil.
Lest thwarted by circumstance...
The constraints that vindicate the righteous and condemns the blameworthy,
Gossips, rumours [propaganda] are a form of subtle death to its victim.
Guard your reputation,
Protect it at all cost.
And do not be a neighbourhood thief,
Or a village dog [predator] known for its evils.
Lest you go international without your knowledge
For a man's foes are they of his own household.
And his woes, start from his very family, race, tribe...
And his death lurks within the neighbourhood.
So, do not be a neighbourhood thief,
Or a village dog [predator] known for its evils.
Do all evils external,
And within the neighbourhood be saintly in approach and conduct,
For everyone's neighbourhood is his hem or peak.
And everything that happens to every man,
Had a trace back to his roots.
Be it of good or of evil.
For every man's manner of conduct is his very own destiny.
And his character;
His very own fate!
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