Chameleon
Hopefully, readers who enjoyed Predisposed to Murder will also enjoy meeting up with many of the same characters and discovering how they first came together.
http://rogertaberfiction.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/catching-up-with-murder-chapter-1.html
Meanwhile…
It has always struck me how curious it is that some words used to describe human nature can mean different things to different people in exactly the same circumstances. Not surprising, though, since everyone's take on life (and people) is different depending on how various socio-cultural-religious, age, economic and political factors conspire to directly affect our personal lives, and therefore our opinions. (Whatever, we need to be wary of rushing to judgement and/or being fooled by a sweeping take on stereotypes; there is much to be said for 'judge not lest ye be judged.')
(indeed, the more fool, me.)
of rank or position as best serve
for acting beyond any call of duty,
my sexuality or services to humanity
as nature intended me to provide,
rejecting a darker side that I confess
lurks just below my surface
[Note: An earlier version of this poem appears in On the Battlefields of Love by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2010. a later version that appeared on the blog in 2013 has since been revised again.] RT
Labels: alter ego, appearances, chameleon, culture, ego, human, life, masks, metamorphoses, mind-body-spirit, nature, personal space, poetry, pride, relationships, self-awareness, society, spirit
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