This face

This face...

this face...

you know...

as well as I...

this visage...

of a myth...

so clear...

of saddened soul...

that majesty...

has chosen...

to display...

come...

tell me this...

who say you...

there...

this man...

was once...

forsooth... 

will ever be...

is he some saint...

or vagrant pilgrim...

on his way...

you recognize...

as King...

come...

tell me this...

who called him...

thence...

without a name...

how can he help...

who can you blame...

if now...

you hold...

your tongue...

from one who...

stands before thee...

stare ye back...

are you so...

deaf or dumb...

or blindly love...

a ghost...

you've seen...

come...

answer me...

this thing...

why ignorance pretend...

of he who's...

face is...

just the same...


Written by Bruce James Clyde 2015

Painting by Khalil Gibran