Jan. 30, 1973 Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri


Tripoem

I
"I'm a wandrin' tired soul,"
He would say
Locking up his possessions for today
And if the sun is wrong he'll run away
No matter how we are,
He'll never stay

He watches countless roads,
He will tell
He'll close us in our deep imprison'd hell
We are deaf while he will hear the bell
Yet no matter how we try,
We won't climb down his well

II
Summer is goodbye
No matter how hard we try
We cannot wonder why...
Love is a ragged letter
And ink-stained message of hope
He's a wandering soul
Because he cannot help it

III
We spurn that which we do not
Understand
And though he may be
A nuisance to others
To some he was a hero-
To some he was even God himself.

1973

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