Night Vision Riding
Redcoat, & Maxwell's Silver Hammer, MVN and curmudgeon
Joined: Dec 2007
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From: Mud hut, Zululand
RE: Night Vision Riding
THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTH
I SEE THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTH
WHEN THEY ALL FEEL THEY’RE BULLET-PROOF
THE HAUGHTY TONE AND SILENT SNEER
WHICH IN A FLASH CAN DISAPPEAR
IF IN THEIR WORLD THEY START TO FEAR
THAT THEY ARE NOTHING SPECIAL.
THEY PRANCE AND PREEN AND HAVE NO DOUBT
THAT THEY’RE THE VERY BEST ABOUT
AND CANNOT FAIL AT WHAT THEY DO
THEY’RE DIFFERENT SO FROM ME, AND YOU.
BUT TIME AND WORLDLY LESSONS TEACH
THAT THEY WILL ALSO STUMBLE
AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND IT WILL
IT GIVES ME SUCH A SILENT THRILL
TO SEE THE DOUBT, THE BITTEN LIP
AS FROM THEIR PEDESTAL THEY SLIP
AND SEE THEMSELVES FOR WHO THEY ARE
NO MATCH FOR OLDER WISDOM
SO IF YOU FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE
AND SEEK TO FLAUNT ACHIEVEMENT WIDE
AND VIEW YOUR ELDERS WITH DISDAIN
ONE DAY YOU TOO WILL FEEL THE PAIN
AND REALISE THERE IS NO GAIN
HUMILIATING OTHERS
FOR AS YOU LEARN AND COME OF AGE
THE BOOK OF LIFE TURNS PAGE BY PAGE
AND YOU WILL FIND AND THEN AGREE
THAT BETTER MEN THERE’LL ALWAYS BE
WHO’LL TAKE THIS COUSEL, GIVEN FREE
AND HONOUR THOSE BEFORE THEM.
GIVE IT UP BEFORE IT KILLS YOU[X(]
I SEE THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTH
WHEN THEY ALL FEEL THEY’RE BULLET-PROOF
THE HAUGHTY TONE AND SILENT SNEER
WHICH IN A FLASH CAN DISAPPEAR
IF IN THEIR WORLD THEY START TO FEAR
THAT THEY ARE NOTHING SPECIAL.
THEY PRANCE AND PREEN AND HAVE NO DOUBT
THAT THEY’RE THE VERY BEST ABOUT
AND CANNOT FAIL AT WHAT THEY DO
THEY’RE DIFFERENT SO FROM ME, AND YOU.
BUT TIME AND WORLDLY LESSONS TEACH
THAT THEY WILL ALSO STUMBLE
AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, AND IT WILL
IT GIVES ME SUCH A SILENT THRILL
TO SEE THE DOUBT, THE BITTEN LIP
AS FROM THEIR PEDESTAL THEY SLIP
AND SEE THEMSELVES FOR WHO THEY ARE
NO MATCH FOR OLDER WISDOM
SO IF YOU FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE
AND SEEK TO FLAUNT ACHIEVEMENT WIDE
AND VIEW YOUR ELDERS WITH DISDAIN
ONE DAY YOU TOO WILL FEEL THE PAIN
AND REALISE THERE IS NO GAIN
HUMILIATING OTHERS
FOR AS YOU LEARN AND COME OF AGE
THE BOOK OF LIFE TURNS PAGE BY PAGE
AND YOU WILL FIND AND THEN AGREE
THAT BETTER MEN THERE’LL ALWAYS BE
WHO’LL TAKE THIS COUSEL, GIVEN FREE
AND HONOUR THOSE BEFORE THEM.
GIVE IT UP BEFORE IT KILLS YOU[X(]
