Genius is a word often attributed to undeserving albeit brilliant people <br />But the word should be reserved for those who are insane <br />For they are the smartest amongst all so called <br />With their coruscations of angst and ire <br />Given that it is enough in today’s society to merely light a fire <br />In the eyes of the beholding and decapitated heads at stake <br />For they cannot lead a horse to water <br />Or a sheep away from the fatality of the cliff <br />But will learn as have all before them <br />That we must and will eventually find our way <br />And that all life ends in the same way it begins <br />With a whimper or a bang it matters not <br />For there is no other absolute of mankind <br />Than the genius of being insane… <br /> <br /> <br />(2007)<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/genius-like-insanity-is-no-longer-in-scientific-use/
