OH STUPID ME

A plea to read behind the words

OH, STUPID ME

 

Starting to write a poem

May be like rap

It starts with simple words

And winds up mouthing pap

 

But then I don`t really know

What it is the law allows

I just think out loud

And try to keep my vows

 

You see the world looks up to me

And that`s a joke you see

What values can we efface

Is anything left of saving grace ?

 

Oh stupid me is all that counts

In a world of self indulgent louts

Or is that just my opinion

Because I don`t agree

 

At twenty years we knew it all

So you can tell his age

When someone tells you how to live

Just smile and turn the page

 

Just who is stupid here ?

I told you at the start

And you thought about a thing

That set you and the world apart

 

You wind up finding out

The truth is in the words

You just have to sort them well

And you will find what truth`s about

---- Eagle Cruagh

 

 

Reviews

[IMOGEAN]

Awwe...How human you are, John. I used to call ignorant people stupid, until I realized my own ignorance.

(People with low IQ's are as innocent as babes, and should never be called stupid!)

When we are twenty years of age and believe we know everything, we are just being normal, the fallacy of our wisdom is part of the human growing process. In time, I have realized my own ignorance and I now cling to it, accepting it as a part of me. There are some things that will never be revealed to me, at least not in this lifetime. I take care not to make up things in order to fill in the blanks, as so many people do. Hell, I have done that before myself. Only now---I am more aware of things and do my best not to.

The older I get, the more I realize how much I do not know. You, of course, know all of these this I am saying, don't you! Yes, just as I know what you were saying in this poem.

I used to think wisdom was knowledge, then I realized wisdom and knowledge are not one and the same. Wisdom is a conglomeration of knowledge and truth and the process of carrying them both out in our daily lives. I am a proverbial encyclopedia, yet lived such a stupid existence for so long. That is truth!

I myself look up to you because, in many ways you possess knowledge of the truth that I am thirsty for. Plus, I have grown to love you over the years. I have respected what I know of your life's journey, the dedication and sense of responsibility you have carried out, and will continue to do so, until the very end.

You are correct, the truth is in the "WORD" and I shall be sorting through them till my dying day, because each time I read them, they share something new that is Holy truth.

My personal definition of stupid is: Knowing the truth and paying no mind to it.

You are in my prayers, dear.

God Bless
Imogean~

[Gandré]

pretty classical style you have and always melancholy. hope you are well.
When someone tells you how to live
Just smile and turn the page------------so right. we aren't allowed to interfere in someone's consciousness.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Nice write - very telling about the generational gap...when we get older I think of Kerouac's words 'You would be surprised how little I knew as yesterday.' At some point, we are reminded that there is an infinite amount of wisdom that we have yet to touch upon. Thoughtful write indeed. Thank you.
Light,
Siddartha

[LeLa]

WOW, if only to be twenty with the knowledge I have now. I was not so smart at twenty yet I felt I had all the right answers. So true, to find truth to find your answers. Nicely put.

[Eagle Cruagh]

DISCLAIMER

Did you ever notice that some days you can`t
do anything right ?
Well, when I wrote this simple poem, that was
how I felt, I felt stupid. Things had not been
going my way, things had just been going to trash.

The furthest thing from my mind was anyone`s
intelligence, anything anyone had written or
anything done by a young person---I was just
sounding off because I felt incompetent and stupid
at that particular time.

If I have offended anyone, and apparently I did,
please forgive me. I was not thinking of you.

----Eagle Cruagh

[JC]

And even after a life time, I think we still don't have all the answers, just more questions. LOL!

This made me think of "Back When I Knew It All" by Montgomery Gentry.

Thanks for putting a smile on my face, and who would like to go back and talk to that "twenty something know it all girl" and give her some advice.

JC

[Debra Stevens Edwards (..]

Well I can testify that at twenty I thought I knew it all. In truth it takes living many years to realize that although I may have learned over the years I will never know everything. Nicely written with a knowlege that come from living a few years. LOL.
Hugs Debby

[emmajoy]

The comment about the young, knowing it all - true! (I'm now pretty ignorant, just to make the point stick!!!).

Guess we have to read, hear, be told about the so-called truth and then, try to make sense of it all... truths can be bent, we have to straighten them out in our mind. Takes a lifetime, unless we become blinkered...

So like the thought behind this poem. Food for thought. Thanks for sharing the meal..