Plagiarism
Why plagiarise
If you have an open
And creative mind,
Why waste your time
On rehashing others
Words or rhymes,
When you, I am sure
Have a unique take on life,
Paraphrase that’s OK,
Quote and credit
From whence it came
But plagiarising
Just seems to me
A waste of your talent
And in a way it cheats,
Those who first wrote those lines
Crafted those words
From their own mind
And you then creep up
From behind and try to steal,
Their praise and limelight.
To plagiarise is as good as a lie
Theft of another’s vision on life,
It’s tantamount to being a leech
And cultivating others belief,
Is just creatively lazy
And it always phases me
Because it’s not necessary.
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