Poetic Verses
Good Advice
While listening to a group of friends
I heard some good advice
Their words rang true and logical
And caused me to think twice.
One said don't pet a hungry dog
While it is being fed
Or pick up any serpent till
You know that it is dead.
Another said don't hang around
When it's clearly time to go
Or claim we cannot understand
What we already know.
Then someone said don't trust a man
Who can't talk eye to eye
And never try to kid yourself
That loved ones never die.
It's funny how such good advice
We often do not heed
Because it's easy to brush aside
Until there is a need.
I heard some good advice
Their words rang true and logical
And caused me to think twice.
One said don't pet a hungry dog
While it is being fed
Or pick up any serpent till
You know that it is dead.
Another said don't hang around
When it's clearly time to go
Or claim we cannot understand
What we already know.
Then someone said don't trust a man
Who can't talk eye to eye
And never try to kid yourself
That loved ones never die.
It's funny how such good advice
We often do not heed
Because it's easy to brush aside
Until there is a need.