Romance Poetry posted June 6, 2017

Chapters:

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Excellent

free verse

A chapter in the book Selections For Book Project

Wisdom Is Not Welcome

by michaelcahill

then neither grave nor gravity garnered consideration   immortal loins purloined the panorama before me with style           as though burgling           were a righteous endeavor   fireflies in flight lighting a soul and a hopeful certainty that a gift cannot be stolen           though intent might be suspect   I wished to be held like a baby and protected   then there was one who would one never told   and the myth was born I was strong     the one who held  time trickled on setting me aside for the moment   the ocean seemed endless the sky without end and mysteries transfixed and distracted me from me   one day I remembered a girl a girl who would hold me like a baby and protect me the one I never told   I discovered rarity            to my dismay   am I not of note         was I ever         save to her   am I he who plans a life on a cloud      unaware of a bird's nature   I'm the protector and lonely soul     the grand foolish boy     in disguise        who imparts wisdom   I find that wisdom             is not at all                      welcome                             or wise