Whence Wisdom

WHENCE WISDOM Sins of youth, are not rare, I confess to many as mine Include brazen claim we knew more than last generation We may come to see our error with passing time Or press on with obstinate determination Demagogues have used this trend to push their intention Seduced young with promised Utopian innovation These are willing recruits to the myths of state ascension Though communes brought hunger and death to many a nation Let us observe to observe and learn from past history Use experience and reason deciding which way we go Grant to each their own diverse choices, allow them to be That could be a greater gift that we might bestow While at any age, we may merit such epithet Subject: OLD should not precede ‘FOOL’ as the blind predicate