The prophet lead us truly that day <br />And helped us see with painful clarity <br />That Homer and Socrates were far from dead, <br />That to be the center of the universe serves no one well, <br />A centered pot belly asking hard questions <br />A far better thing to be. <br />Plato burned his plays because of him. <br /> <br />It was the only time I ever saw <br />A class stand and applaud. <br />We knew we had a model <br />To help understand a vast malaise <br />If we could find the courage <br />To face the hemlock lingering in our own cups.<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/robert-bellah-s-wisdom/
