Mentor for a Learning Curve

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Several readers have emailed to ask why I do not use social media to promote my poetry. Well, I no longer use social media because I got fed-up with stupid trolls taking up my digital (and personal) space.

One reader asks if it is because I fear criticism. On the contrary, I thrive on genuine criticism, for better, for worse. Similarly, I do not publish comments on the blog although I read them all and will reply if readers include an email address.

I am 73 now (since the winter solstice) and have known better days, but always looking on the bright side of life. Even so, I don’t socialise much now so enjoy exchanging emails all the more as it helps me feel in touch with the world beyond my own four walls. (Spammers beware, though, as I have learned the hard way to spot whether or not an email is genuine …)

MENTOR FOR A LEARNING CURVE

I will take your hand

through good times and bad,

help dry your tears

come happy days and sad,

lend a shoulder whenever the need

never knowingly intrude

You have my ear

should you ever want to offload,

confide any fears,

or doubts about which road

to take whenever the way ahead a blur,

mind-body-spirit unsure

I but ask for your trust

whenever needs must we share

the consequences

of doing this, going there,

as advised against by family and friends,

conscience justifying ends

Let us reason with any need

so confronting the human mind

that the human heart

feeds on desires of a kind

it once thought well and truly risen above

if never (quite) left behind

I am Discernment, come to teach you how

to best grapple with any Here-and-Now

Copyright R. N. Taber 2019