Who decides??? (Dedicated to my dog Tyson)

Who decides ?
how much suffering can one endure

Who decides ?
who lives and how long

Who decides ?
who dies and how

Who decides ?
how much one must take

Who decides ?
when enough is enough

Who decides ?
what is the breaking point

Who decides?
how much to fight

Who decides ?
when to give up

Who decides ?
when to let go

Who decides ?
how long to linger

Who decides?
how much fear to instill

Who decides ?
how much freedom to give

Who decides ?
how much to praise

Who decides ?
how much criticism is healthy

Who decides ?
what is real or fake

Who decides ?
what is right and what's wrong

Who decides ?
the norms of a "make-believe" society

Who decides ?
what rules are allowed to be twisted

Who decides ?
what is acceptable or not

Who decides ?
if one is strong-willed or plain defiant

Who decides ?
how much is defence or destruction

Who decides ?
where is the line

Who decides ?
how much of truth is it alright to distort

Who decides ?
what times its alright to lie

Who ?
the entity we believe to exist
Who ?
the fate we try to twist
Who ?
the religions we proclaim
Who ?
the devil we love to blame

Who ?
the ones whose rights we deny
Who then?
you mean - u and i?

we, Who know half the truth?
neither the circumstance nor the root
let us first step back and look inside
before we, on behalf of those affected, decide!