Morality is contagious

[aashishameya]

Don’t ever speak truth
Or do good things
Never ever pray for others
Help others,
Man is meant to be a good human being
Is wrong philosophy at all;
Doing good deeds would be deadly
It flows quicker than wind
Travels faster than light
And capture minds after mind
Then more and more people will do the same
They follow you, idolize you
But a statue is good for nothing, other then serving as landmark
Goodness gives birth to hatred
On the path of greatness many smiles, happy families sacrificed
To live life as common man is most beautiful thing in world
Surrounded by all evils, searching for eternal happiness
Celebrate small events, and wait for a big to be happened
Reading all good, religious books, doctrines
But never practice them
Gives man happiness and peace.

[jon1jt]

peace, my brother. :)

[aashishameya]

i also want the same

[Pendragon]

I wish it were, Ashy! I wish it were...

[AuntShecky]

Provocative topic, quite the reverse of the "conventional wisdom" or morality.
Similiar themes occur again and again in Wallace Stevens
("Things as they are") and Whitman in Leaves of Grass.
And here is the second time today that I've quoted Robinson Jeffers:
"And boys, be in nothing so moderate
As the love of mankind."

The only changes I'd make to your piece is to make the lines shorter and pithier and the punchline (closing line)
punchier.

[aashishameya]

Got many feedback from around the globe, but believe me it is contagious, otherwise no body follows great leader. Goodness is decease.
Please take it positively; I am an optimistic by heart, but sometime bitter reality produces sweet truth

[gothic]

It IS a dark poem,ash.i love the dark and in my poems too darkness reigns.liked the theme a lot.

[aashishameya]

thank u very much gothic, as i told sometimes light born out of darkness

[ampoule]

thank u very much gothic, as i told sometimes light born out of darkness

Indeed it is.

[aashishameya]

may be, i am still trying various path

[gothic]

so are all of us,I think,so are all of us.

[CdnReader]

Irony is difficult to do in poetry, but you managed it just fine, Aash. Well done. :)

[aashishameya]

yeah Irony is tough in poetry, but easy in life...how ironic our life become...?

[Clover_K]

Love the idea much! There are times I believe that shallowness and base instincts are the best things there is.

[dibyendra]

Great poem ash ! This made me want to think about many other related things !

Just a question though although not intending to criticize, why have you thought not to speak truth and doing good to the people ? I think this is what people need to live in the society...isn't it ? If people lose morality, in the society, we all will start living like animals. That is why we are being chained with so many rules and regulations. Don't worry your poem is good but still I couldn't stop writing about these issues.

Hoping to read more from you...:thumbs_up

[dibyendra]

And yes, your poem has strong support to defend other issues that I have discussed though. Ironically defended ;) Great work !

[aashishameya]

what kind of rules and regulation imposed on us, i think every poet knows this...and always believe in goodness and happiness...
but what is truth of now a days morality? think about it and you get answer

[jon1jt]

i think nietzsche would have preferred the poem's title to be, Morality is a contagion. :)

[aashishameya]

may be...but how much happy nietzshe was...while saying Morality is a contagion

[jon1jt]

may be...but how much happy nietzshe was...while saying Morality is a contagion

he said he was happiest when he was in the throes of his sickness. think about that one before you dismiss it as rubbish. ;)

[aashishameya]

may be he found it in this way...everybody has its own way to find it...

[jon1jt]

may be he found it in this way...everybody has its own way to find it...

it seems extremely difficult to find our own way with the canons of pop culture prescribing the path to the perfect life.

[jon1jt]

have you found it, aashishameya?

[aashishameya]

find our own way is always difficult...but i think one has to take that risk...and i am sure nietschze also took that risk, that how he got it..
i am trying to find it...still in the search....

[jon1jt]

find our own way is always difficult...but i think one has to take that risk...and i am sure nietschze also took that risk, that how he got it..
i am trying to find it...still in the search....

yes, i understand what you mean. well said.

regarding your poem, there's just enough disorientation here to keep the reader digging for a center, and the more you read the more it slips away. the voice is simple, smooth, almost careless and yet with an aim. you enter into some thick woods, and you manage to keep it together, focused. it's a blend of the philosophical and earthy. i like it, asshisameya. very nice.