If I had Wisdom
The wise have spaces to fill
The clever have narratives to spin
The rest of us are here
The waiting game ours
Wisdom helps one sift the lies
And cleverness helps one see the shadowy figures
What the rest have makes them see grey
Their world moves round
The expanding circles of guilt
Stonewall the rest
But the wise don't rest on the spin
And the clever roar in laughter
We wail at the sight of pain
Wishing someone had told us
While the wise see round corners
And the clever bend to let the winds howl past
Wisdom has no agile feet
And cleverness thinks before it moves
The rest rest on their laurels
Waiting for the swamp to drain
Oh, had I wisdom
I would not crave cleverness
I would not join the rest
I would be floating in the sky