Intellectual Quandary lyrics

An asset to self

A liability to others too

For those obsessed

In trivialities, measure them

And show limitations

The lines of ignorance

Or years accumulation

Grant envy or fear beyond

That another may possess

So early, or more so, at all

Small men are dangerous

They hold contempt blindly

And defeat progression

For what they know is control

In matters foreign, familiar

Intimidating, or inane

Anger, envy, impatience

The enemies of intellect

Of change, of every insight

There are those few

Who appreciate the value

Equal to affirm their own

But oft' a rude awakening

Mostly known by they that rest

On laurels old and brittle

Sprung up in self display

As if waxen fruit in a bowl

Upon a dusty, empty table

In surroundings so

A role must be played

To placate egos tender

Where anonymity conceals

Not to detract from fame

To breed distain unearned

By those threatened

Wishing to keep hold

An elusive cause endeared

Only in scenes of solitude

Can true abilities flow

Where in nameless efforts

Can great actions, words

Be taken, beheld, envigored

The clamor of daily life

Put aside, limitless design

Given breath to be alive