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They thought
he was a genius,
With wisdom on display,
But he would never speak a word,
There's nothing he would say.
They
asked him what he thought of life,
He nodded with a smile,
They asked him his opinion, but
It wasn't quite his style.
He sat
among the scholars, but
He never said a word,
They tried to get an answer, but
His breath was all they heard.
They knew
he was the wisest, for
The look was in his eyes,
But when at last he tried to speak,
It caught them by surprise.
He
mumbled and he stuttered, and
He turned red in the face,
Then started making coughing sounds,
And ran out in disgrace.
The
scholars stood in silence, for
They knew not what to say,
The man who had a 'genius mind',
Had led them all astray.
This
lesson was sufficient, and
They learned an awful truth,
That even fools can seem so wise,
When silent from their youth.
"Even fools are thought to be wise
when they keep silent; when they keep their mouths
shut,
they seem intelligent." Proverbs
17:28
by David Ronald Bruce Pekrul
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