swallowing reality...

Learning something new
can easily become
an overcooked meal
shared by friends
as well as enemies...

all of whom
are often more concerned
with chewing than tasting
let alone, swallowing
new

loving the idea
of the hopeful outcome
of what they assume to savor
for a moment, but taste
it's unfamiliar, tough reality

very few will share this meal
with you fully as it is...
choking or spewing
becomes their only option
prematurely rejecting
never injesting
a tasty treat
that simply simmered
far too long in heat

but if only patience would kick in
with just a little
love and its longsuffering
washed down with a gulp of optimism

the learning process would win
and then
become us all
who dare, that is
to swallow
what is...
completely

Taste and see!
Learning something new
is eventually
better
than the ignorance
we have all fondly swallowed
as long as it was
meticulously, heavily,
salted and peppered...
well seasoned familiar


~2011 Vaughn Wood