Outcast

“If I swear allegiance to him,

Then all that I am

Is dead already.”

– William Wallace

 

Man

Wishes to fit in with the world.

 

Man

Seeks to follow the trail of tradition.

 

Man

Embodies the societal ways.

 

Why.

 

Because

This is his DNA.

 

But there lives

A different breed of Man.

 

The Outcast.

 

Who seeks not the ways of the world.

And has no use for its concepts

Or principles.

 

Why should a man

Follow the norms.

 

Why should he believe

That society’s ways

Will make him succeed.

When all around him

Endlessly fail.

 

Why should he listen

To coaches

And scientists.

 

They may know the numbers.

But what do they know

About Him.

 

Society

Coaches

Institutions

Universities

Governments

Federations

Organizations . . .

 

What do they know

About the power that lies

Within a Human Being.

 

All such things

Serve only themselves.

 

And they are certainly free to do so.

But if the human places his faith in them,

He can blame only himself

For his downfall.

 

As it is said,

History is written by those

Who have hung heroes.

 

Institutions are created by those

Who have nothing effective to offer.

 

There is nothing respectable

About a society

That caters to common men.

 

There is nothing of value

In a society

That celebrates failure.

 

There is nothing commendable

About a society

That is founded upon tips and tricks.

 

The greatest discoveries

The greatest conquests

The highest heights . . .

 

Are made by the Outcast.

 

The one

That society could not cage.

 

The one

That the world could not tame.

 

Namaste.