Wisdom of Others

New scholar's thoughts enter into my mind
Fresh. Wendell Berry, Mencius---
I have read the Articles of Confederation.

Homosexuality ought not bother me,
Though I ought to stand firm against it;
My chief concern ought to be to understand nature.
Civilization is a cycle of good princes
Taking hold of the reigns of society
And then society decaying from silly talkers
And dishonor.
And if anything is to be understood by the Articles of Confederation
It's that even during the revolution which bought us our freedom
There were doubts, and men did not quite understand what they were fighting for.

But, like all great ideas
On a second try and much
Deliberation, it becomes clear 
What we were fighting for.