Infectious Behaviour Poem by Freeyad Ibrahim

By Freeyad Ibrahim

A friend has asked me
what does it mean to you
to keep company with the good
and abandon the bad?
I said to him:
The company of the good
begets good,
and the company of the wicked
begets evil,
Like the Wind,
if it passes through perfume,
it carries perfume,
and if it passes through stench,
it carries stench.

Haven't you heard of the Arabic poet saying?

And do not sit with people of bad behavior,
for the morals of The Bad are infectious!

&
Freyad Hugo
(Dutch writer, poet)