Paradox of Life

 NaPoWriMo / GloPoWriMo 2025

Kalpana Shah

Day: 20

I know great stories

Stories are hidden histories

I hear about past, in present

A present, will soon be past

So you see, how important is past

People will never remember you as present

What you gave or give will be remembered

Under the ruins of yours, when you will be dead

So don’t think present think future

How would you like people to remember you?

What character would you like to play? 

Don’t tell me nothing about good people

I don’t remember them, i remember bad so that i neverturn bad

Baddies are remembered and stories of them are spread

It’s a tragedy of history and story

History about kings and leaders

As we all remember, we speak less of good people and more of bad people

It’s a paradox of life; 

If you want to be remembered 

Be a good man in bad form

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