Label Of Surprise?

Question

The Fool speaks verse,
unable to comprehend the meanings of His words
yet...
understands the complexitites of his speech
Ranting to no one and speaking to everyone,
his words echo off bare walls
Words that The Fool utters are meaningless
but have meanings that run deeper than the minds
ability to grasp or ever hope to grasp
]The fool steps forward in life,
expecting nothing,
anticipating everything.
Every foot fall is met by velvet,
velvet that turns to sand from the scorns of the masses
The fool is not really a fool but a genius in disguise,
not knowingly he speaks wisdom, wisdom we are not ready to hear
The Fool is really created by us. In our ignorance we tune out The Fool
because we do not understand nor are we willing to learn or understand.
Who is really The Fool? Is it us for shunning words of wisdom spoken by who we labelled The Fool or is it really The Fool for speaking with confidence to the ignorant masses
Again
The Fool speaks verse of of brillance

Well, there are a few lines at the end that I could not fit.

...A verse not understood but totally mis-understood
Mis-understood to be the mere ranting of a person the ignorant labelled as The Fool.

What am I looking for?, nothing, just some thoughts. Am I seeking an answer to something? No. Just my thoughts re: stigmas attached to many things we do not understand, just one example of those many things.

Answer 1

OK! AND?

What might you be seeking here? If anything?

Obviously you make a point.

In a comparison; I offer a quote.

"There is a pleasure in "madness"; only a madman can know."

Answer 2

This line totally conjures the image of The Fool from the tarot:
"The fool steps forward in life,
expecting nothing,
anticipating everything."

-- very nice; you have the core of something to work with here.

However, I think you use the phrase (the fool) too often in this piece. I'd think about cutting it in a few places. For example:

line 7 - "the words are meaningless"
line 15 - "not truly a fool but a genius..."
line 17 - "and we call it foolishness. In our ignorance we tune
it out..."

Here are a few other suggestions, do with them as you will:

line 5 - how about "Ranting at everyone, and speaking to
few." To me, this would say the Fool is talking a lot
and most people are ignoring his words; his
ideas "speak to" only a few people who take the time
to think about it.
line 16 - I think "unknowingly speaking wisdom" at the
beginning of the line would make a better rhythm.

Finally, a couple of grammatical things:

line 8- there should be an apostrophe in "the mind's."
line 20 - there should be a question mark after "masses."

Pretty good work all-in-all.