You called me useless
because you presumed
no usefulness in my make-up.
You gauged my ability
and concluded it doesn’t meet
the required intensity
you want to operate on.
But the point in useless
is being missed
if useless is not seen
for what it truly is, which is
you used me less
not because I couldn’t be used more
but because you used less.
My ability and desire all applied to something
but your application didn’t amount to anything.
Image credit: Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman.
Lord Emmanuel 
Most frequently we are blinded by what we want to see. Lesson learnt use more!!
✨👌🏾❤️ This piece resonates with me; my stained childish ways, though the lessons learned and new experiences earned along this Road called life. Thank you for sharing 😉
Thank you for reading! 🙂
Great that you could connect to the message from a personal place. But even greater is the positive outlook you have shared in your comment.
the lesson of the moth
i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires
why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense
plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves
and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity
but at the same time i found
there was something i wanted
as badly as he wanted to fry himself
Ruxi – that was interesting dialogue to have with the moth. I like how you both agreed to disagree. But in the midst of it all, agreed to the same thing – you both wanted something badly, albeit different things. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! I love this! Blazed it with the last two lines!
Awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed it, Te’Kia. 🙂