The Common Man

In my previous post I had referred to the word 'ordinary'.

If someone calls you 'ordinary' do you consider that as derogatory??
Do you feel belittled?
Or have you accepted that you are ordinary like all of us?

'The common man' is a phrase used so commonly. All most a cliche you say? Yes. Probably.

What does the soul of a common man say?
There was a time when I'd thought that it would sound something like this.

I am a simple man
with worldly needs.
I ain't a hero.
I do no great deeds.

I do my work.
I earn my bread.
To think beyond that 
I have never dared.

I survive in a shell.
Outside it, I never peek.
My life, my shell
is safe and dark and cold and bleak.

I am a common man.
I am born to die.
I am not from the ones
who reach for the sky.

And from inside my shell,
I tell you my story.
You might be shocked,
But inside, its not so scary.

I am not alone,
There are millions like me.
Being in the world
only because they have to be.  

Rejuvenation

It has been well over a year since I posted anything out here.
I now have some free time. ( I'll make myself believe so at the expense of neglected responsibilities)

Things have changed. So have I. So has the world.
Such senseless talk.

But people like senseless talk.
People love reading, seeing and things they don't understand.

Employment is the need of the youth. Primarily, it gives independence.
Independence spawns confidence. Confidence leads to success.
Too much success leads to complacency.
And complacency makes you ordinary.

But all of this leads to nothing.

I'd rather post some of my real work.

Keep reading.