Shakespeare’s
the same at Oxford as he is at Community College
The
green is the same at Harvard as SUNY’s local foliage
Though
atmosphere lends much pressure, it can also drive you insane
Ivy
league college professors can’t measure the wealth of your brain.
If
determined and curious to study in achieving your God-infused goals,
You
could read in a log-covered cabin, baring the brilliance of souls
Who
inspired the heart of a nation or discovered what changes our lives
In
medicines aided by science to help populations survive
No
college can make you creative or give you the talent that’s sought
In
applying your lessons with earnest and values in all that you’re taught
And
why are some “clever” ones senseless when it comes to the choices in life?
The
brilliance of Hitler and Stalin caused death and destruction and strife
Was
there ever a poet more brilliant the Frenchman Beaudelaire?
So
why was the odor of Hashish pervading the smoke-filled air?
Some
names have a trail of letters so long you could “choke a horse”
Doesn’t
mean that their choices are wiser than Grandmother’s Godly advice
We’ve
“miles to go before we sleep” as Frost so aptly implies
And
each day should bring “blossoms new”, before life’s sparkle dies
So
Brontë, Austen and
Shakespeare share space on my library shelves
Along
with Wordsworth, Keats and Blake and books of Tolkein’s elves
My
books on photography, ballet and French are also there in view
And PBS videos of concerts rare to share
with friends old and new
But
the book surpassing knowledge great, for open and curious minds
Is
the Word of God without a doubt –the others it far outshines
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