Panagiota Romios Poet Free verse

Whispers of Greatness

Great people have one desirable quality~~
humility.
You won't find them looking
to be 'top dog'.
They are already accomplished,
and fully know just that.


They do not run panting feverishly to be 
ahead of the pack.
Somehow the winds of the seas,
are the sails at their backs!
I've noticed how they move through 
life so effortlessly!


Whether it was Buckminster Fuller or the
leader of the Tibet.
Or the late John Denver, or the great,
famed, late Brazilian, guitarist, Bola Sete!
When I met them, all had that one ineffable 
quality.....humility.
Plus a love for all humanity emblazoned on 
their hearts.

It's the insignificant, boastful others!
Jabbering or writing endlessly just
to gain a stand on life's soapbox.
And the worst, those who demand
my adulation.

How ridiculous these mice look
next to men of accomplishment!
May I always measure any of
my minuscule successes, to men 
or women free of false pride.

As one of my highly accomplished 
comedian friends, surprisingly said 
to me:
"None of my success is my doing!
It's all due to the man upstairs!"


       October 3, 2019

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Charmaine Chircop October 3, 2019 at 4:26 PM Amen..Indeed it is all up to God..For any little special thing we're able to do we must thank him.Love the message in your poem..The greatest people are always the most humble..We all should work hard to be like them.Love the moral in your poem .Awesome. Panagiota Romios October 3, 2019 at 8:41 PM Hi Charmaine! Wish you would have been with me in Chicago to observe three nothing psychologists on stage with a top psychiatrist. Three little puppies barking for audience approval and the master psychiatrist saying nothing. I learned my lesson that night! I fully understand you do know, humilty and God. Thank you. Panagiota xxx

Arturo Michael October 3, 2019 at 11:06 AM If caught in a trap...will fight to get out...by all means necessary...I understand the fear...but for others on another level... it's a different battle...and humility is the obvious road...I like how you delivered this message... Panagiota Romios October 3, 2019 at 11:21 AM Ah! Aruro.I see the winds at your back!)!i was unsure of myself in writing this. But I do question my Poetry a lot before a post. There's a phrase from the Bard, oh, I can't recall it now. But it impressed me as a teen. All of the Bard impresses me....Panagiota xxx