Charity Begins At Home

You must have a genius for charity as well as for anything else. - Thoreau

past the skid row of silent specters and inebriated souls

along with my indomitable demons

a diligent march wind tries to blow me and my faithful companion, milo, into tomorrow

too bad it can't sweep away sorrow

too bad today never learns how to borrow

as the old ghost of my muse lifts up another rock, searching for more of life's marrow

off in the distance, i hear yet another gust ushering the familiar squeal of an overburdened wheelbarrow

Author's Note

"The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

If the wind can't sweep away sorrow. It may take rain to wash it away. Is that why God gave us teardrops and clouds for stormy days? I enjoyed this... F.

[Pete]

whatever it takes is well worth it. nature does have an extensive wardrobe.

[Poetic Beauty]

It would be nice if the wind could blow troubles away and set them sailing somewhere never to be found. But alas that does not happen.

[Pete]

ain't it just a crying shame. winds can change direction though.

[Poetic Beauty]

The wind can do many things and the winds of change can set in place amazing discoveries and adventures