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.