Posted on September 28, 2014 by Geo Poor
From this Stage he delivered many
impassioned speeches that so moved
those who heard.
So moved were they that
they wanted to deliver Speeches too.
One man spoke, saying,
“a stage needs a good background,”
and he built a wall.
A third man was inspired and said,
“we cannot risk falling off the stage to the right,”
while another said,
“we cannot risk falling off the stage to the left,”
walls were built.
Along came another
who was afraid of the rain coming and washing away
and so a ceiling was built.
Yet another wanted to conceal
so he hung up curtains.
Soon a wall covered the curtain
and none could see
But still they came to hear;
in remembrance of
the stirring speeches
they had once heard.
One day a wise man said,
“if we cannot see the Stage,
then why are we sitting here?”
His colleagues objected, afraid to tear down the walls, afraid to reveal the Stage to the masses, for fear of the pure foundations causing a collapse.
And so they clung
to the scaffolding
And the second wise man wondered
“How can we reveal
Can we replace
k n o w u p o n w h a t w e s t a n d ?”