Greater, Better, Wise

Can I escape

Into a serene happiness

That glows brighter than the stars

That shines brighter than the sun

It escapes our grasps

It is too beautiful for this place

So it hides

Far away

Until we are greater,

Better,

Wiser,

Than before

Than yesterday,

Than tomorrow

It needs space

It can never grow here

Because we have not learned

We have not grown to fly

So we stay cemented

Away from what is beautiful

Far from what is gracious

We are metamorphosing

Slowly with the great leading

We are stifled

When the fearful hold control

So the beautiful

It runs

Away from what is failing

Far from what is falling

Until we are greater,

Better,

Wiser,

Than before

Than yesterday,

Than tomorrow

For were starting to learn

We wither into fall

That turns into winter

And here our flowers die

We haven’t found ways

To keep them beautiful

Preserving them in the unwise

So we haven’t passed the test

There’s no indication that were headed for the best

So it must wait

Until we are greater,

Better,

Wiser,

Than before

Than yesterday,

Than tomorrow

Why do we lose the butterflies

The angels

The trees

They sadly miss us

Everything is praying for our success

It lays somewhere deep

Implanted into our memory

Unsure of what can turn it on

But there’s great possibility

To be lovely

To be wonderful

To be beautiful

But we can’t

Until we are greater,

Better,

Wiser,

Than before

Than yesterday,

Than tomorrow