I Have Heard It Said
I’m not, very good with
what I don’t have…
and if, I did
I wouldn’t be mad
but I’ll never know
so there’s no point
being sad.
and the ones that do…
they strut and they puff
they peer and they shoo
thinking that somehow…
they’re better than you!
They’ll gather together
with others that do
to gain satisfaction
for what they hold true!
A strange interaction
begins to ensue…
in envious abstractions
of the others, that do
in a game of subtraction
to assuage their purview
till all that they have
is an empty pursue!
So if… by chance
you meet with a glance
from one of those… do’s
please do, smile at the efface
of their hollow review
for there is no disgrace
in the merits construe
that’s found in a place
of groundless taboo!
© 2023 Robert Trakofler
A picture, a poem, and a spoken word are nothing without a witness and for yours, I am always grateful thank you
