That's What Friends Are Law

Aristotle, who once said, “A flatterer is a friend,
Who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.”
Magician or not, the appraisal we try to defend,
Veneer covered ready, prepare for the overthrow.

And a splint named psychology supports nowt,
Tender are the suspicions, a tourniquet gripped,
That of emotion, a trend compared with doubt, 
And complacency set amongst the less equipped.

Human form takes shape of Copernican theory,
Between each other, is the central perspective
Years ahead in terms of mind, yet still we query.
Remaining wary, they’ve listened so corrective.

A glimmer of paradise from that which destined
More positive than rightful, for instance, must,
Be seen as most probable, avoiding a rescind
Of harmonies that quaver a motion. Well, just!

And the motion we speak of, like a whisper,
Eases the tension between people who feather,
The hearing sensation shall understand crisper
Torn between plusses and negatives; whether!

The flatterer is found as the darkest seclusion,
Reflection of them is the question of mystery
A misty environment that forms that illusion
Chronically synchronized a challenge to history,

To beat out the drum of intention, as constant
A theory relating to trust involving apple trees
Has a Newtonian law which shall transplant,
Gravity, attached friends upon a breeze.

In feather-like spirit, the meadow may drift
An illusion that folds from the first dew morn,
With goose bumps that wrinkle a wary shift
Trusts! Where the sugar sweet mentions are born.

That’s what friends are Law, children at heart,
Make-believe portfolios of whimsical worth,
Fasten the button on jumpers, and bonnet apart
When blue summer dye creates umber for earth.

Perceived as a coward on grass that’s not green,
Glass, not a ruby, when trust solves the riddle,
To finish this mantra this causes serene,
Convinced like a Titan’s romance of the fiddle.

Oh! Zeus, need we flutter the discord to ride
The twirls of Hyperion, who teaches the master,
To dance like an ocean and swirl like the tide,
As trust gains momentums avoid the disaster.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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Welch Avatar
September 10, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Spot on champ! I like the context and the verse amigo keep it up!
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September 10, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I have this really antiquated computer, Titus and no printer to make a much desired copy, so I've sat and read this a few times already and it is really amazing. Love the description of friends as "make believe portfolios of whimsical worth." WOW ... congratulations on a well-deserved selection as a favorite this week!!
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September 10, 2008 at 5:57 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved feature this week Titus. Love, Carol
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September 9, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Congratulations Titus on your poetry being featured this week on Poetry Soup. Vince
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September 8, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Congratulations Titus on your great poetry being featured this week. Love, Shar
Jordan Avatar
September 8, 2008 at 4:38 AM
Titus - amazing poem with great rhyme, flow and it certainly leaves one with much to think about - Congrats on the feature
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September 7, 2008 at 5:27 PM
Nice use of rhyme in this poem. Congratulations on having it featured. Best wishes with your writing, hoping you have continued success. Karen
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