Jonathan Hirsch

by FEEDBACK - Capricorn

Bleed to Learn

      And when I've bled to learn, 

      Awed at seasons mold;

      My leaf of gold withered to burn

      Or saved in reason. 

      So it is told. 

      Buds sparkle and old!

      The larks like weathered thespians

      Rehearse

      Their well versed lines

      Singing in tune to time. 

      Hark!

      For I, 

      Have a rebuttal. 

      Or refusal just as so,

      Let celestial shuttle 

      Fly our 'way upon way' far past Pluto

      Let us use in chance

      What chance hath not display: 

      Greens and Romance

      Will change with place of stay. 

      Wait!! 

      One stipulation

      Or inspiration may it be

      That I age with much hesitation

      To live eternally. 

      But who am I to 'presume'

      Who am I, 

      To command a 'weather's wind'

      And Pluto is no star,

      Nor would it contain,

      Less earthly remains,

      If it is afar. 

      I'm of the same excitation still 

      Can't you see, 

      Same 'marsala' never 'tipsy'?

      Contemplating compensating by becoming a gypsy, 

      For more or less a cheap thrill. 

      But abreast is the kill

      And a hollow will

      But who am I to presume

      Not to consume what ends too soon?

      And if in change

      'There be no tree at all' 

      Or if the trees were to fall 

      As from fall leaves so strange

      So would I

      Does that give me range America,

      Or dull eyes? 

      And who am I,

      To proclaim that breathless hands of nigh

      Do not require earthly demands

      Or in themselves a death

      Who am I to take change

      To make distant

      Or rearrange

      Who am I to delve?


      But wait! 

      I have a rebuttal 

      Or refusal just as so

      The larks amid this galvanizing spark

      Still rehearsed the well verse rhyme 

      In tune to time.

      And I , 

      Try to leave my mark.


      No reply will relieve me of this spell

      As it churns

      The 'infinite well'. 

      'Hanging heavily', 

      With 'hollyhock and tiger-lilly'

      When I've 'bled to learn'

      This will all seem so silly.
Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 1999-12-16 16:32:08
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:10
Poem ID: 54060

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