Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

No way around it, Dylan, you’re number 2.

At least he’ll have plenty of time for poetry and prose whilst sitting on the bench.

For I have dreams that do not sleep with pride.
I hear the crowd though silence cloaks mine ears;
I feel the laces though no ball is mine.
Each practice snap, each film-lit midnight hour,
Builds brick by brick the tower of what I’ll be.
A king is not made king by crown alone,
But by the weight of waiting for the crown.

Then let me bide. Let patience be my coach.
This bench is not a prison, but a forge.
And when my hour arrives, let all men say:
“He did not languish—nay, he sharpen’d there.”
So shall I rise, when destiny gives leave,
Not as a boy who wish’d, but one prepared.

– from Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Eugene”, probably

1 thought on “Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

  1. Roses are Red,
    Violets are Blue.
    May the ‘Vagabond’,
    Languish on the bench…
    Wherever he goes from now on too.
    FTMF

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