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The Wise One

A young poet sat perplexed at his desk,

ink and quill at arms length.

Still he found

that without his sorrows -

he had no words to note.

The sun, it rose,

and alas it perished,

while the pages before him were -

ever blank.

"How could it be,

that without my sorrows,

I muster no creativity?"

The Wise One shall hear me.

The Wise One shall heal me.

The young poet raised his question

to which the Wise One replied:

"My boy, in time -

you shall find

after I philosophize,

your pages and heart to be tied."

The Wise One sat upon a park bench,

watching the leaves turn red.

Watching the snow fall.

Watching the babes be born.

He sat,

and he sat . . .

and

he

sat.

His hair grew longer,

and the seasons warmer,

but the answer drew,

never closer.

The Wise One never,

found the answer.

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Written by
beau-phoenix-rose
Australian
Published
Jan 24, 2012
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