Inward Nobility--By Edilson Afonso Ferreira--Brazil

Inward Nobility

I cannot accept the sacred and solemn

as private of the Popes and Bishops,

Kings and Judges.

On the various facets of daily life,

in the streets, avenues and alleys,

houses and hovels, by  

    hugging a friend long not seen,

    returning an unexpected smile,

    giving a hand to the child and

    listening to an elderly,   

    stopping to hear the birds 

    and the buzzing of the bees,

    admiring the beauty of the horizons

    and the flowers of the gardens, and,

    for the exasperation of all the demons, 

    making love, not war;   

there is genuine a solemnity,

also grandeur and nobility, as

at the cathedrals, palaces and courts.

And so we go easily moving

heavy and hard wheels of time,

towards uncertain and unknown days.

Published in Red Wolf Journal, August 10, 2016

Edilson Afonso Ferreira is a Brazilian poet who writes in English rather than Portuguese. Recent works have appeared in Red Wolf Journal, Right Hand Pointing, Creative Talents Unleashed (Featured Poet), Indiana Voice Journal, The Lake, Whispers, Dead Snakes, Algebra of Owls, The Bees are Dead, The Basil O’Flaherty (Featured Poet), among others. Ferreira lives in a small town (Formiga-MG), with wife, three sons and a granddaughter and, unhurried, is collecting his works for a forthcoming book.  Read some of his works at www.edilsonmeloferreira.wordpress.com