LIFE ISN’T THAT

If you would only dispense
For about two minutes
With the notion that your
Or Your Country’s wisdom
Is superior to all other wisdom
Throughout all eternity …

Oh, if you’d only hear the
Ancient oracles, you’d know
You’re facing catastrophe
As it were a comic book.

Life’s for succulent,
Albeit succinct
Pleasures –
Nice and tidy
Till Nevermore comes!

What if instead you had trained
Up your spiritual listening muscles
And other avenues of reception
To hear the instructions
Aimed at You?

But, oh no, everybody loves you,
Your wit, your charm, your nothing!
When you realize at last:
Oh no! Life wasn’t that!

DrRobinStarbuck