What the future abides
Once upon the mind
memories appear dancing,
to the cadence of my peddling...
so occupied in trifling.
So engrossed in times long past,
as many elders usually do.
Times of great purpose, or those painfully true...
Weighing them with today's scrambled, foggy view.
Thoughts about the children, as retrospection collides;
shaking heads confused at what the future abides.
The changes so erratic, only to get worse...who decides...
whom will have legitimacy, ot turn aside?
What will happen when Wisdom becomes dust?
Truth and Wisdom must be earned such as trust.
The young think elders have tough crusts...
complexity has stolen honor and forgiveness for lusts.
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 643 |
Words | 106 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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