We all know that flowers need rain <br />But what dark desire, has a man, for pain? <br />The seasons arrive and spin their spells <br />But what sad passion drives a man to Hell? <br />Actuality, knowledge, experience: life <br />Can only wisdom transcend this strife? <br />When a man has love and lets it go <br />Is he a fool in what he knows? <br />If perfection is really nonexistent <br />Must a man seek it, so consistent'? <br /> <br />Goodbye, my child, of hope and want <br />Your memory, to me, will remain a haunt. <br />Goodbye! Goodbye! Fare thee well! <br />Why goodbye? <br />I cannot tell.<br /><br />Jeffrey Philip Clegg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-sad-passion/
