It’s Amazing

 

It’s amazing how what’s important

Is not important anymore,

Has this ever struck you?

Had it entered your mind before?

You have set out your plans

And you have priortised,

Suddenly an emergency occurs

And you are de-energised.

Everything suddenly flat-lines

And prior priorities are relegated,

They are not important anymore

And relatively unrelated.

A case in point is a recent event

That just threw everything askew,

We were planning towards Christmas

Christmas was in everyone’s view.

Unexpectedly there was a death

A death we thought would be averted,

After a promising turn around

Then of the death we were alerted.

All of a sudden our Christmas plans

Were not important any more

For the passing of our beloved one

Grieved and vexed our spirits sore.

Many were the puzzling questions

And the “what if we had done so and so”

But “what if” are only afterthoughts

Which come with the emotional blow.

The Christmas lights are not as bright

The appetite is pretty slack,

We would change every single plan

If only we could have our loved one back.

It is surreal to say the least

Has he really gone for a truth?

Christmas will not be the same this year

And that forms part of the proof.

  

Sometimes it smacks of a set up

But God is not a conman,

Though it’s difficult to understand

God is getting on with His plan.

His is primary; ours is secondary

And not nearly quite as important,

His ways and thoughts are past finding out

And ours are relatively insignificant.

In time to come we will understand

But for now we must commit to trust

And thank God for Michael Clarke

And the legacy he leaves with us.

Stewart Russell © December 19, 2018

At: 5:21 p.m.

I's the Idiot and O's the Fool

 

An idiot is a stupid person

While a fool acts stupidly,

One is definitely what we see

The other appears what he be.

So what really is the difference?

Check these enviable characters

Since most people pretend to be

Or in fact they really are.

Since a person has a name

And he also has a nature,

We will start out with the first

And deal with the other later.

The name idiot has two “I’s”

While fool carries two “O’s”,

So you say that’s interesting

Why, even this writer knows.

I’ll take your cheeky remark

With just a little twinge,

For the way I see you behave

You’ve gone beyond the fringe.

Putting aside that little aside

Back to the name I will go,

For at the end I’ll get the chance

To say that I told you so.

 

Check out the “I’s” in idiot

Shouldn’t he be able to see?

May be more he needs to get

For them to form a company.

So to the “O’s” there are in fool

Sockets they could very well be,

But brought together into one

Perhaps they both would see.

For eyes are never stand-alone

But created in sockets to see,

So while apart though boastful be

There is just blind futility.

From the name to the nature

Is the promise I made,

Thus in just a little while

I will complete this escapade.

Remember how I started out

Comparing the idiot and the fool,

Notice they are quite alike

Both have been to school.

 

Through primary and secondary

And even through University

Came out believing that he alone

Was by himself an entity.

Thinking he could do it all alone

He had no regard for others

But like the ones who tried before

Still ended up a failure.

To the conclusion of this matter

Do pay close attention,

Lest like the idiot you end up

With the fool’s comprehension.

 

For some of us may see something

That the others don’t perceive,

But with our eyes and their sockets

The abundance can be achieved.

For we are meant to work together

Yes, the idiot and the fool,

Your eyes and my sockets

Were each meant to be the tool.

To fashion a citizenry of wisdom

And on one another rely,

To God to look for vision

Who has promised to supply.

For you are no better than I

And I hope by now you know

That I have come to that part

Where I must say, “I told you so.”

                                    Stewart Russell © 2014