The Cold Within

This morning a friend shared a beautiful poem with me which was written by James Patrick Kinney, The Cold Within. The poem in its rich text talks about how six people from different background are stuck in place and when they have the fire that is about to die. All the six people have the piece of wood in hand but none are ready to part with it to save thee fire which will help them survive through the night. The poem ends with words expressing that all the six are buried in with the wood in their hand and the reason of their death is not the cold outside but within. So, today when we take these lines and put into our present life, its all so true. The line for me implies today as follows:

1. 1. 1. The sense of entitlement : We all are some where tied with the sense of entitlement to the respect, love, money and power of the place where we have been born. We feel entitled to even this mother earth from where we seek our nourishment without even thinking of the harm or the damage we create in the surroundings. We also feel we are entitled to education and its power for us to get and employed job. Some where we feel it is also our right to ask from our parents and make them pay for what we need. We also feel entitled to the right of speech, expression and many more in the list like having ‘Freedom’ to do what we think is right.
      2. Beings Selfish and self-centered :- The poem implies to the mankind being selfish and loosing it’s sensitivity towards other humans. They refuse to co-operate with the other people around them unless what they say is claiming to be right. The views and opinions are strong enough to not let the light of others come through, the flexibility is lost and all we find is walls around. The people are getting more and more vulnerable to each other and the emotions are a fragile like dragon fly wings.
      3. Physical beauty over inner beauty: People are stuck on the forms of the physical structure of the others. Its important to be a beautiful package else be the guest of shame your colour, sex or for that matter of fact your body size can bring to you. The seat of the side be secured by the thy wealthy self only as the worth of me is only understood by the wealth I have around me. The inner soul has lost its glory and has also become very cheaply available for other to tamper with.

The above are just few points of where the mankind is headed towards. It only makes people grow towards people feeling just not good enough. The satisfaction and happiness has taken a back seat with the drivers like compliance and conformity coming ahead. We need to confirm with the educational competitive world, the corporate rat race , the social status and the journey to mankind which only seems to degrade. We are today ready to blame the others for our failure rather be able to take the onus of the same.

All I see around today is people bogged down with mental stress, trauma and anxiety. Everyone is leaving in FOMO, the fear of missing out, and are ready to jump to what’s next without being aware of the present self. Either are people living in the past or future, the present has lost its relevance. The poem today just makes me think are we really cold enough to die.

The Cold Within