Why do I so desperately desire recognition When I know full well glory is beyond time Even hither Praises too early gained would Place one above all in the midst Of the wheel of fate Yet Soon or later with only room to fall And be crushed by the Cruel reality Of eventual and inevitable Tedium
Unlike a life ever on the climb Or of a timely return to the everlasting That will be never be subjected to The suffocating dread Of such a loss Of height
As The roaring gale would always lose to The ever-present calm wind Vital yet unnoticed like the breath of being
And
II.
Why do I despair when my words Don't glitter like gold That would make wise men Lament in fist-raising envy And mock the children that Don't understand them
When I know the truth are In words that would move children To tears of laughter And laughter of comfort As per The Word That is equally Ridicule by men Of ashes and dust- That will never understand- Or remain upon- This world- As something beneath them-
Like the earth that supports All living creatures And the humble grass for lambs To graze
Be the needed Not the desired But unnecessary
And
III.
Why would I feel shame to wail in despair Beyond my control for a word of your love When What is love, without patience in suffering, What is suffering without pain? And what is pain without complaint? There are truth and devotion in my lament A testament of my bearing the constant silence Yet still singing devotedly forever For the suffering Nevermore
Love fearlessly your overlooked Plain imperfections And unbloomed seeds of poetry Burrowed in the present land of a future Undying forest Far outlasting the abandoned and Overgrown gardens of timely praises That's now lost in maintenance And translation
As with the minute storms And only half-day suns You don't want to plant your love In bricks of spotless silver and gold Nor do you want to bury them In scorched earth That have never greeted a Raindrop or the Stars