A Serious Laugh

Wisdom comes not from words.

Though I am an intellectual,
it does not mean I am not wise.

A collection of words
creates a leaning tower.

The wordless silence
yields the leaning tower fall.

Just because I am
paranoid doesn’t mean
they aren’t out to get me.

The fear is all in the mind,
yet mind attracts all fear.

Hiding not from oneself
the critics laugh
as the wise laugh
first at themselves
and then their critics.

In time the wise laughs
and the critics ponder bemused.

A twisted laugh,
a wordless spasm,
such yearnings for the futile,
the wise sit and do
Nothing.

Yet in all of eternity
no winds shall move
even a fine layer
from the mountain
that Is
a wise being.