Standards

You are beloved still

and thoughts are tender

which mine mind speaks softly

  unto my heart

so secretly are they

conveyed within mine self

to be hidden from you

that you might not treat them

   as inconsequential

or lightly esteemed

for so many give praises

on clothing external

for so conspicuous a talent

I sought the face behind

                             the visable

that core of tapestry

of character so clouded

by the gloss what the world

                                    deems ascent

where a mans praise

is what he paints

and not what he values

to color this orders conceit

as the height of expressions

and self aggrandizement

                                over ones peers

as healthy competition

and pulled are we

twixt the masters

a heart which dispises injustice

and the accolades of the systems

              praise

I can not love the world order

though I care dearly

                       for its children

I despise its values

do we judge that its princes

have more worth

                   than its paupers

that the rich

have more virtue than

one not holding wealth

                          in admiration

what standard has the world raised

does any exceed

the absolute laws of love

what have been its reflections

the mirror of its values

what fruit has it produced

answer me this

from whence is its source

that its display might be

seen in its depth today

that mankind hold

                      no accountability

to the cosmos or himself

but the mad pursuit of

self importance , ego

yet I would lend you my

esteem for so great a many

                                    qualities

that I love in man

that I seek in them

those things that are true

                                   treasures yet

and shall always be

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Reviews

[Legacy]

Poetry of Providence,

Shining through as the North Star... enters the poem Standards.

As the natures of words go, you have the antiquity mastered. This poem consists of many qualities we admire through the origin (of poets) as you have warped them into today.

This piece sets standards not seen in many places, breaks barriers of modern poems. I have benefited from reading these words today and hope that this will start a trend of this kind for years to come.

Great job please keep writing,

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