the elliptic cryptic

the elliptic cryptic

the elliptic cryptic

insipidly licked it

then equipped it to openly speak

i speak of his lips

and the witty–some quips

that comes from the mind of the weak

words were his weapons

and weapons were words

and he used them to banish the bleak

discerning and clever

a powerful lever

to cut to mend to tweak

then came the day

while along the way

a mirror on the road he found

on the road side

there where it lied

his reflection upon the ground

soapbox in hand

illicit demands

so he put his soapbox down

a soul filled pause

a new found cause

he then became the clown

for in shining glass

he saw the mad ass

that he over the years had become

with a swig from the flask

he took on the task

with courage to alter his sum

and now to this day

he walks his own way

and cares not who should follow

for what he had learned

that words not discerned

are empty and dead and shallow

the elliptic cryptic

© 21 June 2011 : William S. Peters, Sr.