Wisdom is ageless
Some people have it
Some don't
Learn to listen
capturing the wisdom around you
Learn to respect
those that have it
Some don't get it
Others do
Some live their whole lives
in their own stew
without a clue
WHICH ONE ARE YOU????
Just because you are
old and grumpy
doesn't mean you
don't have it
whatever IT means
Just because you are
young and cry
doesn't mean you
don't have it
whatever IT means
Pub arguments - the source of nations! Maybe he couldn't hear you.
Thank you for commenting. I am an instinctive writer, having been to three universities, I don't like the effete, deconstucted style they promote, emotionless and precious. This particular poem was inspired by a pub argument where I argued that texting all the time with plugs in your ears is a sign of being antisocial and alienated from the natural world. The person I was arguing with wouldn't have any of it, didn't concede even an inch, thus my wisdom theme.
It's short but it's strong, slamming home a vital truism that needs a clear voice.
The 'half' sentence is interesting - capitals but no punctuation.
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joe kozarzewski
Fri 6th Jun 2014 12:15
Strange as it may seem, it was a woman I was arguing with, and she could definitely hear me, apart from an empathetic level, as I was shouting at the end. Moving forward now she has laid a guilt trip on me, and sometimes appears in a wheelchair, so I'm given to understand or hinted at, that it is my fault that her life is shit. The strange thing about it is, I remember getting wound up and little about the detail.