‘Sutherland Springs’

Wisdom is lost on the young,
As well it should be.

Let them find it themselves
Along their path, along the stream.

Still, at the very least let me help
Draw their attention to its possibility.

I know I could do better
Than today’s class when I went on too long

About the nature of impermanence.

My reference to that recent
Mass murder in a little church

200 miles from here probably
Wasn’t a welcome example either.