Brown Penny

I like this poem, it is whimsical. William Butler Yeats is one
of my many favorite poets, hope you will like this one and
others that I will post later.

I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,
'And then, 'I am old enough';
Wherefore I threw a penny
To find out if I might love.
'Go and love, go and love, young man,
If the lady be young and fair.
'Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
I am looped in the loops of her hair.
O love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.
Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny,
One cannot begin it too soon.

William Butler Yeats

Don't Judge Me

I can see the mockery in your eyes
when you look at me.
I do you no harm.

Don't judge me.

I can see the scorn on your face.
You don't know anything about me.

Don't judge me.

I can feel the hate in you.
I didn't know.

Don't judge me.

What hurts me the most is
the sadness in your eyes.
He's leaving you for me.

I didn't know.

Don't judge me.

By Rose Corbin