Learning Who I Am

Is wisdom ‘friend of poetry?’ New ‘friends!’ I’d travel far For wisdom’s sake, but double down and more to grok you are In truth, new friends within my reach! May mind’s ‘Columbus,’ beach Itself on unfamiliar shoals, this ship’s waves sing of more Than shifting sand, than empty colored shells faint eyes adore, Than muse’s gift owns metered rhyme! May poems buy some time! A ‘New World’ waits for those who dare to dream our planet’s round, The treasures of new cultures, tastes that ‘simmer’ often found In what is new friends’ daily bread! Is ‘boredom’ what gets fed, (The things that life brings easily)? My pleasure wakes your tongue And both can more appreciate God’s gifts (the gold unsung). Oh, let me find more inner truths reflected in your depths! Long Tooth August 5th in 2019