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Was There Ever True Splendor In the Grass

Was There Ever True Splendor In The Grass

Was there ever true splendor in the grass
Or peace coming into a dying soul
Despite exit away from devil's pass
Nothing was gained by paying no toll
No serenity born by disbelief
World allows no such easy reprieve
For life always has its sorrows, its grief
And darkness exists simply to deceive!

Alas! Mankind believes this earth he rules
With insidious might,  enormous dreams
To reaffirm fantasy in his schools
Night and day, he so feverishly schemes!

Was there ever true splendor in the grass?
Or man's innards,  not devilish morass?

R.J. Lindley, Sept 20-1973

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Gregory Richard Barden Date: 8/8/2021 12:27:00 AM A difficult question to ask ... AND answer. I tend to side on hopeful, but reality often proves me wrong. A cold statement on the condition of society, and one I hope we affect to the positive. Sobering write, my friend. Blessings. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 8/8/2021 4:18:00 AM Thank you my friend. Hard to believe that I at posed that question at age 19, forty-eight years ago! These old poems that I did not write a note to have me wondering about my thinking at that time and what sparked the writing. Your analysis hits the majority of it-aside from what came from my personal life- that elements exists heavily in all of my poems..God bless..

Rob Carmack Date: 8/7/2021 5:14:00 AM "To reaffirm fantasy in his schools" .... powerful and apt line, sooner or later, we always think we know better. Login to Reply Robert Lindley Date: 8/8/2021 4:14:00 AM Thank you my friend. Those four verses are the crux of the poem. For teaching life without teaching morals -leads to the darkness we now have in this savage and ever growing more wicked and dangerous world. God bless..