Lets be choosy about change
Change for the better not the worse
Indeed old is gold
and so's I'm told
but gold is old
Don't be in a hurry
to have all antiques sold
For this old adage
Todate water it holds.
Indeed the good old days
had some good old ways.
So I'd rather not
exchange
old lamps for new
lest I suffer as in
Aladdin's tale
and lose everything of
value.
For if I lose my old lamps
I haven't a genie to
restore my loss
Thus beware of
modernism's shams
Don't let 'change' be
your boss.
We should know what
best be preserved,
so olden values are
granted the respect
deserved.
For some 'olds' are such
pure golds
that like gold they never
fade nor catch moulds
Likewise some golden
traditions are real
treasures
that can't be left behind
to the past generation
in exchange for surface
new pleasures
For that would be soil,
oops nooh, soul and
culture erosion
Pray keep some olden
golden customs from
such corrosion!
Ah the old mores
might seem such
bores
but it's they who make
the best folklores!
Change for the better,
not for the worst
Always assess and
analyze any new thing
first.
( some of the olden traditions I wish never faded is respect of parents, teachers and modest attires etc.)
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What a great poem
Thanks soo much for feedback!! Cheers!
I agree, a great poem. I happen to be "old" and agree that respect is all but lost in the world today. Again, great write
yes respect of parents is disappearing to a dangerous level everywhere and it harms the kids who think they don't need parental supervision and respect ah. Thanks soo much for your great respectable comment that I agree with heartily. Cheers!!
A lovely lovely verse Zaynab, full of truths. Every generation thinks theirs was the best but regardless, something of true value is missing from society today...respect decency and kindness being just a few of those ...things...hugs ?
Hi Marion, my warmest thanks for your wise words of realisation on the missing respect today that was in the past. Respect sums everything else including decency etc. Take care bright poetess.?
Hi Zaynab... Some change is good, or so I am told, personally I am not a fan of change. I do agree with everyone here that certain things must never change. We must always cherish our family and friends. Cherish and uphold our traditions. Have respect for others and for the world we live in.
Some interesting phrases in this poem. Lots of rhyming.
Thanks for sharing x
Yes dear some change is good, that's why I said to change for the better is required, and yes family togetherness is a tradition which should not be abandoned, glad you added that, warmest thanks for comment.?
So true. Great write.
Hi Liliana warm thanks for your nice feedback.
Great write Zaynab! Such a true message, good things never stay the same and perhaps change is the problem there, but isn`t change also about improving our way of living and society? But yes, it change can be for the better or worse.... Hmmm interesting dilemma that's got me thinking..... I really enjoyed your write though, really creative! All the Best. The Fish of the Sea.
Nice to see a new id poet on my page, yes that's why I clarified in my poem that good change is good and that we should try to change for the better and not change into worse. So I agree with you and you did realise that there is both bad and good changes so warm thanks fir the fine comment, would love to read yours poem too.
Vergy good - however, don"t force the rhyme, don't if necessary.
Concept is sure true but invariably unstoppable.
Terry.
Hi terry um well my rhyme feels forced sometimes eh, I'm more after message clarity and can't sacrifice that like famous conventional poets do but I'm trying free verse in the future or prose. I'm wondering what you meant by which concept is unstoppable?
Thanks soo much for your fine review of this. Cheers!
Hi Zaynab! really like the poem and the subject that needs to be addressed !Ryming can sometimes distract, however one reason I enjoy poetry is the challenge to rhyme ! Thank you for your poetry! We need voices to blend and illuminate!
Hi , nice to see another new poet for me to discover, will be checking out your poems soon too. I'm glad you realise the subject needed to be reminded. Um yeah my style is rhyming for now but in the far future it will be more prose and free verse. Rhyming is the challenge now. Yes we all need to illuminate and blend with truths. Thanks so much for comment.
Gorgeous write ❤️
aw I'm glad your gorgeous self thinks so dear. Warm thanks,. ?
Well done on a clever write expressing very well modernity and change is not always for the better , A thoroughly enjoyable read :)
Thanks soo much Chris for your fair fine realisation and comment. I should read yours too.
Hi Zaynab,
Your poetry is beautiful and enegmatic what we need in these strange times...love they way you play on words! Especially
So I'd rather not
exchange
old lamps for new
lest I suffer as in
Aladdin's tale
and lose everything of
value.
Classic!
Thanks soo much brother for your nice gracious comment,mynah I love employing lessons from moral stories. God bless,
Well penned and agree. 5*
Universal values can never ever be changed no matter what.
Thanks soo much for your comment. I hope so they won't be changed, because I do see bad changes.