Greater Good 4/30/06

Greater Good 4/30/06

Will they look back on all their early years
And see in retrospect a soul that flailed
Or always wonder who that gremlin was
Or feel a lack of something rich and real

When they go sorting through a box of life
Poring over every page of pain
Will light emblazon all the secret writ
Revealing what could never be explained

To embryonic minds so unequipped
To know the wrack and ruin of a heart
Or see the deeper reasons in the world
The disillusioned, introspective hurts

Will they become like shallow bitter pools
That sit and stagnate in their broken dreams
Looking at love and hope as foolishness
And fail to find out what forgiveness means

Is this old stubborn narcissistic gloom
The tool designed to snuff their glowing smiles
Then it must be un-wielded and disposed
Before their priceless innocence expires.

(c) Tasha Chinnock 2006