Thursday, June 1, 2023

Fence Sitter

 


Am back on the fence

Safest place to be

Watch from this vantage point                                            

Not get embroiled in the brouhaha

Watch, listen

And keep my mouth shut


Had always believed

Silence was best

and then as one gained in age

one had the backing of experience

hopefully in wisdom too

broadening of horizons

one felt that now perhaps

one should venture to utter words

articulate opinions

if one believed  it

to be good , humane , inclusive 


I had ventured warily 

from my spot on the fence

After a long time of watching either sides

Sometimes it felt being silent 

was wrong, it would seem 

like endorsing what seemed

unfair, lopsided

And so, Stepped down gingerly, 

Testing the waters

But got pelted with 

stones of words

that felt like bullets 

got an earful

shunned by loathing

I beat a hasty retreat

back again on my lofty perch 

on the wall... 

Watching, Listening but not speaking… 

Silence is golden. Silence is comfy.

Silence is Safe! Silence is Peace!