“Wisdom” copyright 2013 John J. Rigo, upcoming third poetry book, “Passion Amidst Apathy”

 

 

Proposed Cover for my third non-profit poetry book.

We are not born with Wisdom at birth.

Nor is wisdom found in our youth.

It only comes with grinding reality.

 

It comes upon us

in a day when our bodies

are locked in pain.

 

It lingers upon our past memories.

A reminder of the wastes of youth.

The ignoring of the blessings

of our Lord.

 

Wisdom comes too late

in our lives.

Ever fleeting

Ever regretful

Ever enlighten

 

When it seems

now in life

given too late

to us.

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