Inspiration and Salience of Beauty br Optimism progressive face br Realities and dreams worlds apart br Out in other space br Hope stares out from its hiding place br Behind mask of the skeptical eye br It bleeds br Cynical citadel of imagination br In a cruel and heartless world br where Intellectual madness rules br The poor and hungry abandoned br In despair br While the opulent wallow in their br Seething greed br Poetry not from the mind cerebral br From the portals of the heart unfolds br It strolls until its steps are steeped br In the heart leaving Imprints br Upon the enlightened soulbr br Brenda Markgrafbr br