Letters from people you admire
People you look up to
People who are intelligent
Then you reread the letter
With a clearer mind than when you first read it years ago
Then you wonder
Where did the intelligence go
During the letter writing
What happened to the person
I once so looked up to
And admired
What happened to the not-so-common
Commonsense
Was it a lapse of reason
A snap judgment with pen in hand
What happened to peace, love and understanding
Turns out truth
Scared even the smartest of beings
Truth hurts
Even the toughest role models
And the student becomes
The pushed away
written by liz nance dec 2013
