Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Village Idiot


Chaim Soutine - The Village Idiot
In villages from which their childhood came,
Seeking necessity, they had been taught.
Necessity by nature is the same,
No matter how or by whom it may be sought.
It was perhaps others, who seemed to withdraw,
“Resented by robbers, who were outlawed by the law”.
But, it’s not comfort that I seek,
I live for danger, for sin, for goodness,
What I seek is the freedom of being selfless.
I pray for I have lived a life of sin,
I worship for I have lived a life of despair.
Pray for the pain that’s trapped in the heart,
But, if that very heart is the reason for your pain, then where should you start?
Courage is your only virtue,
Believe it so, with that every soulless part.
The village idiot told himself, there’s one in every town,
This poor soul had no clue, for he was bound by ridicule and frown.
Tears from weeping,
Lost in the silent streets.
Most passed him by without even a sigh!
He sat there dirt and all, with this thought,

Only to mumble the echoes of the wars he had fought.

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