Is their ignorance really bliss?
To know or think they know?
To be content with mere belief?
Does believing make it so?
Once the earth was flat.
Some knew it to be true
And the sun revolved around the earth.
That was what they knew.
There were names for those who doubted
Those who could not agree
With what all others knew for sure,
The truth, reality.
But that was long ago.
Mankind has come so far.
Ignorance must be now extinct
And truth must be the par.
Yet what should be has yet to be.
Does ignorance still prevail?
Much easier to pretend to know
Than search for truth and fail.
So many hurt, so many dead.
So many live in fear
Of those who know and yet know not,
Yet hold their ignorance dear.
Heresay is their only truth,
Gossip is their teacher.
They accept it all as Gospel,
Spew it like a preacher.
2015
Tomorrow is a wondrous thing that cannot come too soon. When one is young, a child filled with dreams.
The promises of joyful days of play, of toys, of friends,
Things to do and things to see, the wait too long it seems.
Does such anticipation fade when one grows old?
It’s those hopes that keep us going as we grow.
We still hold dear the pleasures of tomorrow,
Just know too well how soon they’ll come and go.
2016
My Penny
Close your eyes and dream sweet dreams.
You’ve had a busy day.
When you awaken in the morning,
I shall be here, come what may.
I know you’d never leave me
If there were a way to stay,
But I’ll forever miss you
Should there be no other way.
Greater love I’ve never known
And likely never shall.
Eleven years, so short a time
To share with you, old pal.
So close your eyes, sweet Penny.
You’ve earned a peaceful rest.
I must try to cope without you,
And like you, I’ll do my best.
2016