~~Once
I tried to teach
You something
Beautiful
But you were too
Intent
On your own
Rage
Too wrapped up
In your own
Anger
And problems
To listen
A queue
Of ideas and issues
Lined up
Inside your own head
Blocked your ears
And trumpeted
Their own
Noises
To drown out
All rational
Thought
At the end
Of it all
We were both
Left
Silently fuming
Facing the wall
And the lesson
Went
Unlearnt
Except
By
Me