I am less than insightful,
Perhaps a little spiteful,
When something I have done
Has not turned out stupendously.

I know I should be grateful,
Instead of being hateful,
Some efforts have succeeded most
Extraordinarily.

If I could be insightful,
Then that would be delightful.
I'd be an inspiration
To the people that I see.

So...

I'll find illumination
In every situation
And use the knowledge that I find
To make the most of me.

Copyright © 1997 by Randal A. Burd, Jr.

Publications: Malabar, FL: Great Poets of Our Time, J. Mark Press, 2000

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