WISDOM

 

WHAT BEAUTY IS SPARKED BY THE SYNAPSES

OF YOUR MIND.

WHAT IMAGES ARE IMPOSED UPON THE EMOTIONS,

YET, THEY ARE SO KINDLY

SPOKEN, THAT ONE STANDS IN AWE OF WHAT WAS

SAID, WRITTEN, THEN READ.

 

YOUR WORDS OF WISDOM HAVE CAUSED PEARLS

OF BEAUTIFUL HUES TO

FALL FROM MY EYES, LANDING SOFTLY UPON

MY BREASTS, GATHERING THERE,

FOREVER TO REMAIN A LOVELY PART OF MY HEART.

 

THE WORDS THAT WERE SPOKEN WERE NOT A

MERE TOKEN

OF THE HEART OF THE ONE THAT HAS WRITTEN.

THE WISDOM OF THE AGES IS CONTAINED

WITHIN THE PAGES

OF THE WRITTEN WORDS, THE ELECTRIFYING

SENTENCES ARE TOTALLY TRUE,

THEY GIVE FORTH A PICTURE OF YOU.

 

YOU HAVE A HEART FILLED WITH ERAS OF LEARNING,

ALWAYS DISCERNING

WHAT IS IN THE HEARTS OF OTHERS, BE THEY SISTERS,

BE THEY BROTHERS.

YOUR KNOWLEDGE MUST AWAKEN IN OTHERS

THE TRUTH THAT IS WITHIN.

 

ALWAYS, AS YOU SAY, MY FRIEND, THE ANSWERS

DO COME FROM WITHIN US.

THEY ARE ENSCONCED THERE, AWAITING THE INSTANT

OF REALIZATION,

AWAITING THE PROPER OCCASION TO ARISE

FROM THE DEPTHS

AND SURPRISE US, EVEN STUNNING

US WITH SUCH WISDOM.

 

THE TRUTH DOES RESIDE WITHIN EACH PERSON,

THE PROPER THING.

AND AS WE SEARCH OUR DEPTHS FOR THIS TRUTH,

WE ALSO OPEN OURSELVES

TO OTHERS, TO HELP THEM, TO TEACH THEM,

TO REACH THEM

WITH THE WISDOM OF THE AGES THAT RESIDES WITHIN.

 

© 1998 Tulsabutterfly
All Rights Reserved

THE PICTURE WAS PAINTED BY MARIE BUCHFINK, BUT
I DO NOT KNOW WHO CREATED THIS LOVELY BACKGROUND.
IF ANYONE KNOWS, PLEASE CONTACT ME, YES?