The Defendant

One does not have to be sat in a courtroom or accused of a crime in order to be judged by others. We live in a society where people are mostly judged for what they are and what they do (good or bad). Many are judged before they are even able to prove their worth and/or intentions.

I'm sure you have judged others in the past and will do the same in the future. It is for this reason I decided to write a poem regarding what we should base our judgements of others on, instead.

The following is a poem written by me entitled 'The Defendant', enjoy.

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Do not judge a man because he is a professional or an amateur,

Judge a man based on his ambitions and the content of his character.

Do not judge a man by the colour of his skin,

Instead, judge him by the contents within.

Do not judge a man by the means in which he puts food on his plate,

Judge a man by the company he keeps and those he calls ‘mates’.

Regardless of if he is on a six-figure salary or on minimum wage...

Judge a man by his loves, his hates, what makes him laugh and what makes him rage.

Do not judge a man by the food that he eats or what he can cook...

Or his style, his clothes, his smile or his looks

Judge a man by what he feeds his mind, through his collection of books.

Do not judge a man by what he has or what he is,

Judge a man by how he is and what he gives.

Do not judge a man by the car he drives or the house he lives in,

Judge a man by what drives him to keep on living.

Judge a man by his efforts and not the job that he does,

Base your judgements on what he is, and not what he once was.

Do not judge a man by what he says he knows, judge a man by what he says and shows.

What a wise man once said, I shall say to you...

''Judge a man not by what he does, but by what he does that he does not have to do.''

Judge a man by all this, and only then will you know...

Whether he is the highest of the high, or the lowest of the low. -Emmanuel Nnaji

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Thank you for reading!

Stay safe. Stay blessed. Work hard. Don't stress.