04-19-2013, 10:12 AM
The title of this one eluded me for a long time. Still not sure if I like it. Anyways, enjoy.
Realization
To the child on his knee:
"Child, tell me of your fantasy",
And the child told a story of harmony,
A story of bliss and glee.
He thinks "He will surely see."
He knows the child will not see.
To the young man he pulls aside:
"Do you still believe the story you described?"
He knows that the young man denied
The horrors of the world that he eyed.
He thinks "He has surely just not tried"
He knows the young man will not try.
To the working man he spies in the field:
"Has my advice to you been heeled?"
He knows there is no longer a shield
But the man cannot accept the truth revealed.
He thinks "He can surely still be healed"
He knows the working man can not be healed.
To the old man he sees with a cane:
"Why does your smile wane?"
The old man says he sits and watches lives drain.
Why he does nothing he cannot explain.
He thinks "He has surely now seen the pain"
He knows the old man has more than seen the pain.
Realization
To the child on his knee:
"Child, tell me of your fantasy",
And the child told a story of harmony,
A story of bliss and glee.
He thinks "He will surely see."
He knows the child will not see.
To the young man he pulls aside:
"Do you still believe the story you described?"
He knows that the young man denied
The horrors of the world that he eyed.
He thinks "He has surely just not tried"
He knows the young man will not try.
To the working man he spies in the field:
"Has my advice to you been heeled?"
He knows there is no longer a shield
But the man cannot accept the truth revealed.
He thinks "He can surely still be healed"
He knows the working man can not be healed.
To the old man he sees with a cane:
"Why does your smile wane?"
The old man says he sits and watches lives drain.
Why he does nothing he cannot explain.
He thinks "He has surely now seen the pain"
He knows the old man has more than seen the pain.