Open Ceilings

my fascination with life forces
in particular, what constitutes ambition
has always fuelled my interest
in the study of histories
and made me somewhat fanatical about contemporaries

and my conclusion after all the reading
is simply that it takes a great deal of energy and perseverance
to rise through the ranks and achieve status, power, or nobility
for those whose blood is not made from the royal alchemy

but should you be willing to work for it
then you too can be like Mervyn – Baron King of Lothbury
or better still, if you combine effort and skill with intuitive zeal
then you may soon enough be on a ride to the top in a Didi Chuxing
but only if you’re as driven as Jean Liu
or the woman simply better known as Liu Qing

 

© Heath Muchena, 2016

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