On Priorities & Progress

precedents are always worthy of study
but nothing beats originality
as long as it is effective in expression and impression
for then it has the power to attract attention

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the setting of priorities
is in practice part and parcel of achieving a balanced bias
like perfecting the parlance which will appeal to the persons
before whom you shall pitch or proselytize

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progress implies
being prepared to put aside yesterday’s pride
and accepting fresh findings
brought ashore by the morning tide

Ever Enough?

life is as much about getting on
as it is about getting up
and there’s no happiness to be found in comfort without pursuit
no appreciation for the pristine if there’s never soot

so carry on and make no excuse
put your body and faculties to task as you must
but never go against your conscience
so that experience, as you amass, is fulfilling
and life is wholesome in its totality
and existence simply enough

Another Beginning

sometimes looking back is moving ahead

since a true reflection can result from forward thinking

so, do reinvent, but only if it stands you in good stead

and exercise thinking – always staying true to the feeling

Happy Here

good, truth, and love hold dear
and pursue them before pleasure

for there’s less to desire
when you’re one with nature

no forces to fear
when you’re God – not the nomenclature

and remember, even if the end is near
cheer will still trump jeer
but happiness won’t be found there, if not here

The Weakened (prequel)

with watered-down words
on equivocal whiteboards
it’s a wicked world you’re told
and you should live today
for you’ll die tomorrow

so you burn the black gold
weekend away down the gorge
and by sunrise the following day
you’ll still be alive
lagging behind
going through the same cycle
a perpetual funeral