SEEKING BEDROCK

Marshal Gebbie May 2014 Seeking Bedrock

Vacillations weaving stance is perilous to all who broach

For he who says he will, and wont, betrays a trust and builds reproach;

Destroys regard and turns the thought to doubt’s restraining hesitance,

In future dealings, hence creates, suspicions pall in residence.

Wherein truth and forthright eye mark the man of rigid stance

He who will not meet your gaze is one who steps a Gypsy dance

And he who utters hollow words of promissory, turned to dust,

Is one, who one might best avoid…. and on no account at all, entrust.

For some are hard and some men soft and some have slippery palms to grip

And some, intentioned well, might fade as failed performances may slip.

But he who clasps a handshake firm and holds you with a steady eye,

To speak the truth’s resounding tones, when proven…. built on bedrock, lie.*

Marshalg

May 17 2013

Sandringham