GONE AND FORGOTTEN

Now that I’m gone
I think of all the things
I could have and should have said
But I have feelings for others and
Did not want to be too harsh
Knowing that sugar attracts
More bees than vinegar. 
On the other hand,
Now that it is over
What difference did it make?
I never liked so called
Big shots calling me fellow, especially
When I was the instigator of
The project we were working on 
Stupidity has never left
An impression on me 
I have never liked being
Lorded over because even though
My ideas were superior,
I did not have the authority
To make it happen 
So the saplings gloat and smugly
Walk away thinking they
Have proven their point, but
In retrospect the original problem
Still exists and there is not
Another me to bail them out,
Because the door was closed
Once too often
There are many needs
And I sensed them all, but being
A wise man I knew I was capable
Of attending to only a few 
Then to be frustrated in my desire
To help I had to walk away and
Operate successfully behind the scenes
Where I could help in the
Way I did without anyone knowing. 
Even then there were set backs
Because the help I offered
Made them Kings and Queens
In their own eyes even though
Simpletons would be a better word
 
Stanski
April 27, 2020 ^