Quality
I do not know the ways of Life
from birth been shown violence and strife
a mothers embrace was I rarely shown
childhood affection have I not known
At age of three from family outcast
neglect and hazards uncertainty my past
from even those who attempted to care
I was prevented from being their share
Been a difficult road since I was a child
to comprehend nature that's tender and mild
the one who with joy greets you each day
who shows you life's wonders in every way
Been a slave to the mean and the cruel
where retaliation is an everyday tool
looking for punishment and never for peace
from your mistakes are never released
What surprises most in the places I've dwelt
those who use truth like a leather belt
the book is addressed to you and your brother
decisions for life made by you not another
I place before you this day life and death
unceasing wonders or that which takes your breath
but you are the only one who can choose
to love your brother the ways of death lose
From men expect duplications of past
where religions are formed his desires unmask
if you use men as your standard of measure
only one man had its fullness of treasure
There is only one standard only one true
the fullness of Love you must learn to do
I am the you addressed in the book
I am the one for its meanings must look
I must apply its sayings to me
set the example in everyway be
those who needed his comfort for whom he cared
demonstrated a love no others had dared
Mankind as a book one he only could read
see his intentions and what was his need
knew how to lift them water the seed
to develop his justice eliminate greed
It's difficult for man to learn how to wait
takes time to learn love get rid of hate
even in this my frustrations well known
I want it all instantly the lessons unshown
I know it's me you're trying to teach
I know it's me you're trying to reach
I'm difficult stubborn from men shut my ears
from cruel reverberations one everyday hears
It takes time to digest where thoughts run deep
to assimilate its message its directions keep
apply every learning with consummate skill
where all of its quality our hearts do fill
So again I do share a small reflection
considerations of Life to good its subjection
one hopes the aim for the target to mark
can be no achievement without standards to hark
COPYRIGHT © 2012 C Michael Miller
Via Duboff Law Group LLC
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