Leave alone, please! <br />I cannot copy <br />Your methods anymore, <br />Take your advice away <br />And donate it to charity <br />Instead of burdening <br />My delicate condition <br />With long formed <br />Cultural habits... <br /> <br />I have reached a point <br />Where you must take me <br />Or leave me <br />As I come to you_ <br />I will not learn new ways <br />Mine are cemented in trial <br />And constant error... <br /> <br />Like a tree first planted, <br />The seed of an unwilling <br />New generation, <br />Left wild to grow freely <br />In the unrestrained air <br />Of a wood possessed <br />By no earthly proprietor, <br />Out, saved, molded <br />Into manageable bits, <br />Cast off for an eternity <br />And dry out all its life- <br />Preserving moisture and tossed <br />Inconsiderately into flames <br />Which never dies... <br />Consumed in the name of necessity, <br />Practicality burned, scorched, <br />Poked at and reduced to ashes... <br /> <br />I cannot be planted <br />In this ground again <br />And be made to grow into anything, <br />Anymore I can nurture a warm home- <br />Matter, once destroyed, <br />Will not return <br />In the same structure! <br />I will appear again, <br />Immaterial and immortal <br />For the body dies <br />But never the soul... <br /> <br /> <br />©All Rights Reserved-2012<br /><br />Romeo Della Valle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stop-the-game-please/
