On their wisdom they do not put a high price <br />And they never do offer unsolicited advice <br />With them shut mouth never does catch any flies <br />Just some of the reasons they are known to be wise. <br /> <br />A wise person does have the power to discern <br />And know that from life he or she never ceases to learn <br />And the wise out of turn are not known for to speak <br />And attention for themselves they never do seek. <br /> <br />Of the hurt words can cause they are all too aware <br />And their sort of person has always been rare <br />A wise person is one you will not often meet <br />And most of them do seem anonymous even on their own street. <br /> <br />If their type were in majority in the World of war we would not hear <br />And people of others need not live in fear <br />And few of them to positions of power have been known to rise <br />The price they do pay for being born to be wise.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-being-born-to-be-wise/
