Читаем К читателю/ Ода ближнему полностью

К читателю/ Ода ближнему


Расповести не сможет даже гений

И на вопросы жизни дать ответ.

Позволь же я, пока брезжит рассвет,

Рассею тучи грёз и бытия сомнений.


Мы все немного красавцы и уроды:

Таланты, гуманисты, мудрецы,

Иждивенцы, развратники, глупцы,

Блаженные, мошенники и воры.


Оппортунисты, интриганы и лжецы -

Мы вечно выбираем, кто есть хуже.

Что же, порой надеюсь я, чтоб дюже,

Следил за действами своими человек.


Одно лишь время – наш истинный учитель.

Имеет власть оно разбить всё по местам,

Причудливости случая, увы, не избежав. -

Сумеет ценностью владеть финал открытый?


А главное, читатель, найдёшь ли ты резон

В поступках совестливых и словах двуличных?

Каков же он, когда и принц, и нищий

Найдут успокоенье лишь в гробу?


Цель бытия ясна. Однако - смысл?

Мы все спадём, как листья в октябре.

Конец придёт и нам, и миру, и Звезде1.

Но знать не можем мы, насколько быстро.


Нам остаётся только ждать; дарить заботу и любовь;

Да неустанно приносить в страданиями полный мир

Крупицу счастья ближнему - будь то Афина иль сатир -

И украшать сим жизнь иных сквозь пелену веков.


10.06.2020 г.


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