Published on: 12/22/2015
Depraved Indifference

One fancies that it's possible to be
As disengaged an arbiter as Pontius
Pilate, who washed his hands and failed to see
Eventualities beyond his conscious

Review; that many pleasant feelings would
Arise from learning we were born to please
Ourselves, intemperance the greatest good;
Or that the tender caps of bended knees

Should never dent the surface of the ground.
But benefits of vagrant dreams are slight
Compared to what pragmatic pilgrims found,
Who dared to venture forward toward the light.

When harbored thoughts resemble idle chatter
The notion of a purpose doesn't matter.