(A lone voice whispers)
To circumvent the irreducible
To find a lasting legacy
To endure within
Life's ever so fast-flowing crucibles
Tell someone some stories
Make up some stories
In books or poetry
Create the foundations of your own divine masterpiece
Be a glorious priceless commodity displaying such incredible magnanimity
It's how you'll soar to newer heights from here to infinity
Listen to me as I whisper
The old master of life's crucibles
Don't just be a daily ritual
You adhere to
As you slowly search,
Looking for a way
To get through
But be expressive
Beyond excessive
Be wilfully wild
Like an unruly child
And bravely say
Rules were always meant to be broken
Or will you simply drift
Socially conditioned
To a dark place
Where dreams and possible stories
And all their glories
Languish
Forever held in check
Never to be spoken
Chained to your minds
Dark unparalleled
Unvisited pillars
Lying abandoned and unspoken,
Or will you instead
Rise
Like a phoenix
From scorched remains
Embrace life and all you meet
Before the Dark Tall Man
Calls
And stops you as your living soul has to silently admit defeat
(C)
Copyright John Duffy
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