Passions

Passions.             

Long in years,            
        when passions pout -
Old's seen change,   
     heard hymn and shout -
Wondering still,
           what life's about -
Fire in the belly,         
        long turned to gout -
Thin's in,                 
      so we shun the stout -
The long haired poet,           
               termed a lout -
His poetic wish,                 
              to shout it out -
Wisdom through thought,     
              to live without -
We are the lesser,          
           left yet in doubt -
Deep in years,       
   time when passions pout-

Ronald C.Downie.