THERE ARE MEN TOO GENTLE TO LIVE AMONG WOLVES
A Poem by James Kavanaugh
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who prey upon them with IBM eyes
And sell their hearts and guts for martinis at noon.
There are men too gentle for a savage world
Who dream instead of snow and children and Halloween
And wonder if the leaves will change their color soon.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who anoint them for burial with greedy claws
And murder then for a merchant's profit and gain.
There are men too gentle for a corporate world
Who dream instead of candied apples and ferris wheels
And pause to hear the distant whistle of a train.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves.
Who devour them with eager appetite and search
For other men to prey upon and suck their childhood dry.
There are men too gentle for an accountant's world
Who dream instead of Easter eggs and fragrant grass
And search for beauty in the mystery of the sky.
There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who toss them like a lost and wounded dove.
Such gentle men are lonely in a merchant's world.
Unless they have a gentle one to love.
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7 comments:
What a lovely poem! I certainly hope I fit at least a little part of it. I do, really, in that I have a gentle woman to love!
Thank you!
I agree, I love the poem too! Your pictures are always awesome :)
-Mike
97 Roadtrek 170P "Taj Ma Trek"
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You are dead on.
And the pictures are lovely.
You have been away from your blog for a while and I hope all is well.
Friends of mine lost on of their Golden's this week and posted this on Facebook. I hate all the smarmy things written about losing pets.... but, this one... well, I loved it and it made me think of you and Surely Not...
I hope it touches you.
...........
“It came to me that every time I lose a dog they take a piece of my heart with
them. And every new dog who comes into my life, gifts me with a piece of their
heart. If I live long enough, all the components of my heart will be dog, and I
will become as generous and loving as they are.”
~Unknown
Wonderful poem...
Hey Girl, I guess it's time for us to ask... Where In The World Is Pepper?
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