Soul'e Rhymes
I was a little chap without bread and brain,
But I was not hungry for food,
I wanted only wisdom,
For only this will fill my belly
and bring me kingdom.
I was starving, I was thirsty,
I was left with nothing, but ungracious rags
from those merciful neighbors,
Whose rags are better than mine,
Yet I wanted neither food nor money.
I was an outcast,
I thought wisdom will make me a hero,
but here I am, left alone in the wilderness of life.
The fools are given the best place;
they stay in their heavens and
make mockery of my wisdom.
“Poor chap” they say.
“Your folly will only make you poorer,
And bring more troubles to you!”
I was deaf to them; all I wanted was wisdom,
Oh yes, I was a fool,
That’s why I wanted wisdom!
I wanted wisdom!
I wanted half of the son of David’s,
but I was given more.
It was fire in my cloth; I couldn’t hide it,
The more I reveal,
The more I expose the people’s folly,
which has become their bragging rights
and posed as great wisdom.
Alas!
I am alone,
I stand still in the midst of rushing crowd,
I disagree when others agree,
They think they are wise, but I know they are not,
They think I am the fool;
it is easy to assume, because I am alone,
but I know I am blessed with more wisdom
than any man now living.
Friends become foes; fiends find faults,
She also says I am arrogant for
I will never bow to her opinions; they are wrong,
but if this wisdom nurtures arrogance
and earns me only foes and fiends & loneliness,
I still will not accept their folly!
Alas!
I am alone,
This wisdom brings me only foes!
but if no one comes with me,
I will rather die a lonely man
than to trade this wisdom
for their folly in order to be loved.
Source: Enigmatic Global Concept
Editor’s note: Originally published as part of the 31 Days of Poetry series on VicAdex.com on 19 July 2017.
Editor’s note: Originally published as part of the 31 Days of Poetry series on VicAdex.com on 19 July 2017.