Sagacity's Folly by Peter Reum

There is no comfort in wisdom
Said the mother to her sons
Selecting a path true to follow
Losing too many friends hard-won

What wisdom brings to friendship
Turns over the status quo
Leaving relationships long treasured
Laying tarnished in soot tinged snow

When a treasured friend
Elects to stealthily be gone
Wisdom gained is questioned
Regrets emerged  hang on

Did all that questioning become
Harmful to my soul
Knowledge stored away for comfort
No longer helps to feel whole

Intelligence is a curse and never is a gift
When it becomes causation for a rift
Solomon always said sagacity begun
Makes nothing really new under the sun

Divinity given made wisdom trump warmth
Bringing sad feelings painfully coming forth
The gift given and once thought unique
Gone I from humanity to sitting on a peak