I was walking to the
playfield with a ball in my hand
I recalled the story
of doing justice by blinding a man:
A man wandered into
their rival tribe’s terrain
Where a tribal
accosted him, whom he blinded
In his frantic effort
to save his life and escape
The chieftain’s men
foiled his attempt,
Took him to the
chieftain for his command;
Who, to the rival’s
laments did not pay heed.
And ordered his men
to blind him instead.
While dribbling the ball with my right hand,
I closed my left eye
to view the ball
Volley between the
ground and my hand.
I repeated the act
with my right eye and left hand
To realise both my
eyeballs viewed the world
Quite differently
from one another.
Ironically, they
could not sight each other
Yet, they viewed the entire world together.
Our belief in “Eye
for an eye and tooth for a tooth”
…Will allow vengeance
to prevail
Over love, compassion
, integrity and truth…
When I placed the
ball on the podium
Story of a tribal and
a mendicant
Flashed in the eyes
of my mind;
Tribal approached the
meditating mendicant
Only to find the
mendicant’s left eye bleed.
He gouged out his
left eye with his knife
And placed it at the
sage’s feet
Only to see the sage’s right eye also bleed.
The tribal once again paid heed
By placing his right
eye at the sage’s feet.
The tribal’s
unflinching faith and self-confidence
Allowed his
compassion prevail and help the mendicant.
Even the mendicant
acknowledged
The tribal's selfless act forsaking both his eye for him,
Thus making the
tribal’s act too noble to define...
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