I
Go placidly amid the guile, ingratitude, and hate, he said
Max Ehrmann, we believe, trumpeted the peace of silence
In that famous poem, urban legend says, found in a Baltimore church
Go placidly amid chaos? Alone? I asked even as I attempted
But jinxed myself in making a mantra of I can't do so much
II
Was I not made for communion? As with the first Adam, or *****Sapien
Or even Australopithecines, and *****Erectus (Handy human, *****habilis)?
We all have had our romantic moments, heroes, Romeo, Wendolene
O how I miss the angry determination and dignity of youth
Integrity before Eternity; life's increasing lessons in humility
CLOUDED SUNRISE
clouded sunrise
shielded red eyes
endless tears cried
cannot erase
a sunbeams glee
at being free
to warm for me
life's frozen face.
John G. Lawless
DESIDERATA – Poetry Contest
12/5/2014
Theme number three –
*“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.”
*Max Ehrmann - DESIDERATA