God, do me a great favour
Offering to you I will hike,
Let people read the stuff I put up,
And not just press the ‘Like’.
Also, God, this is straight from heart,
With no offences meant,
Why don’t you goad them on sometimes,
To press the button called ‘Comment’?
There are others who don’t even ‘Like’ God,
So, those who do are better;
But, whilst I like their spirit God,
I also want to see their letter.
If we are not careful, God,
We’ll soon reach a time,
When people will press buttons at random,
With no real reason or rhyme.
So, let everyone who likes this post,
Tell us his own valued point;
So that rather than being one-sided,
This effort will be joint.
Who knows, while doing so,
We may actually discover the gold;
That is hidden somewhere in the heart,
But is patiently waiting to be told?
Lets have one day of the week,
When we shall actually share our thought,
And simply not press the button ‘Like’,
And hope to convey all we’ve got.
Author: Sunbyanyname
I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.
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It’s such a fun poem to read and describes the state of mind of every blogger. Brilliant. It’s the best post for ‘Editorial Pick’ on any blogging platform.
🙂 humor come serious poem…
i think god heard ur voice & send me first to comment on ur words 😛
wow!! great thinking which every bloggers deserve for it very nice penned…i enjoyed it…
keep writing & smiling always.. 🙂
Thanks Sowmya. God hears us in many different ways. Making someone comment on our blog post may be one of His many ways.
Thanks Saru; you are very encouraging of my efforts. I appreciate that
U showed my emotions in a great manner
Ravi,i think u should grant a permission to all bloggers to use this lovely poem after each of their posts. 🙂
the promote button on indiblogger is one such example .its a button which needs to be clicked responsibly. 🙂
Isn’t it a beauty? I am sure you must have already made it into a cartoon!
LoL…understand your angst! By pressing only the ‘Like’ button one cannot guage the depth of understanding or feeling of the presser and whether he/she empathises with the situation portrayed in the post/blog…it almost appears insulting…I have time enough to read your post as you are my friend and it appeared on my timeline…thank you…’Like’ pressed!!! 🙂
Thank you Kali. Sadly, I can read my posts viewership in the Stats. I am, therefore, surprised when sometimes I get many more ‘Likes’ than page-views! Also, on the Facebook, if in your notifications, you get about a dozen ‘Likes’ from a person in one minute flat, it is indicative that all that he or she is ‘liking’ is a few words introducing the link without clicking on the link at all.
Great Read,
And Surely, whoever reads it will feel motivated to comment,
for it’s really inviting too.
My additional takeaway is, something I always believed, We ALWAYS find time in a 24 hr day to pursue what we really like,
Keep enjoying yourself with the Refreshing Rhymes and Innovative Scripts, to offer delight to the visitors to the blog – for 5 mins or 50!
Thank you. I entirely agree with you that those who are busy always have time. I am, for example, sixty; I have a job at Reliance. I look after 12 groups, pages and this blog and I have time to meet people, comment, and go for walks everyday.