Fools And Kings

by Thomas M. Pender 

With a title inspired by a Billy Joel line, this was a poem from a transitional phase, in which I was talking myself into coming out of my shell and learning to say what I felt and wanted.  I wasn't quite there yet, but I was very close. . . .

 

If I am labeled a Fool

For speaking my heart

Then I hold my head high

And speak for all Fools

For Kings have high rank

And shining adoration

While the Fools are shunned

And ignored

Yet

Were I to remain silent

And let you leave

Without knowing I care

I would merely be a silent Shadow

By voicing my emotion

And my honest affection

I may risk ridicule

But I have survived ridicule

For one day

My honest proclamation

Will catch a dream

And that love

Will make this Fool

A King

written by t. michael pender  10/29/86

copyright 1986 T. Michael Pender.  All rights reserved.