Literature
Sullen Fool
Tomorrow, for they were dreaming
of tomorrow, longing
after that myth as though a ghost.
Nature is chance. Study
what we may, it never shows truth
for we look far past it.
Ah, bear in mind, your suffering
might well be called useless
as we make it our cause. We wish
for what? But, everything,
anything, and all things. Often
we express moods in shades
with our thought, then categorized
into neat boxes. Yes,
yes, I laugh with a huanted breath
at this ceaseless effort
to banish suffering away.
For it achieves nothing
as it wiggles into some new
passing form. What dare not
show itself to be nude nor stand
in daylight, all exposed
for honesty will never show.
Ah, I am too sullen
to play anything like the fool,
or that could be a lie.