ideology at eighty or so

(Fidel Castro meets Pope Benedict March 29, 2012)

 

patriarch and demagogue

aged, mellow, wise in truth

open hearted dialogue

spent, those zealous days of youth

 

power and philosophy

once pounded and expounded  

submits to simplicity~

Gods’ sole objective found

Reviews

[Beth]

In _Death on a Friday Afternoon_, Neuhaus writes about "the simplicity on the other side of complexity." This poem makes me think of that, and of my 90-year-old mother, who embodies this exact simplicity -- 'God's sole objective." I like the simple wording of the poem itself.

[Chris]

The only word I feel doesn't fit is ...mellow.

We both know truth is relative to the perception of a speaker AND a listener - as each "hears" their own version. I wish the world well - different people stood as they thought best when they thought best until it became about them and not the ones they had needed to stand up for.

[Ed Hart]

only seven years to go, i'll get some wisdom too