Not So Obvious

Not So Obvious It is obvious that I am a man less obvious that I am married with children. You may judge my appearance try to interpret my actions in a vain attempt to view my world through your eyes. I would not recommend it! As these eyes have seen too much of this world of its beauty and ugliness its joy and meanness shed too many tears of Joy and also of sorrow wept in the empty silence of contemplation. You would judge the book of my life by its tattered flannel cover mock the yellowing of its aged pages shun the folded edges of creased moments refuse the gifts I hold for you. What appears obvious is that you are oblivious to the truth in my eyes, the love in my heart, the touch of my spirit, for within the covers within the bindings of this book lie the secrets of a life the loves of a heart and a knowledge forged in the fire of experience. John G. Lawless 4/16/2021