Tí Dýskolon? Tò Eautòn Gnônai Poem by steve green

Tí Dýskolon? Tò Eautòn Gnônai



No one seems to get what I say
I may as well be speaking Greek

Such the clever wordsmith am I
Hiding behind language oblique

Tis all a verbal shell game
That can only be taken so far

Before you can let others in
You have to know who you are

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Tí dýskolon? Tò eautòn gnônai is Greek for 'What is hard? To know thyself' It is attributed to the Greek philosopher Thales and is as true today as it was back then when they were walking around in their togas and eating Fig Newtons
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