Buried Treasure

A Poem by Pete

Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors. - Thoreau

Did pirates really bury their treasure? - HISTORY

forcing him to walk a harrowing, narrow plank

life didn't just steal his innocence

it buried it

without leaving a map or a key

© 2021 Pete

Author's Note

"A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom." - Thoreau

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Added on June 24, 2021
Last Updated on July 17, 2021

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..