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steavenr
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0 posted 2007-02-10 12:48 PM


inspired by Huan Yi

conjured words, not wellsprings
impaled on minds lackluster
the soul-spring dries to powder
spread like salt on Carthage shores

inspiration dries out, then dies out
and words become vehicles
of mercenary terms, not mercy
dripping from honey pots of grace

o my soul, sing of restlessness
if restlessness brings life
sing of the sorrow of joy and the joy of sorrow
meet life with vetted blessedness

write not right words if thy soul thrives not
scribe not the scripted tales of others ploys
waste not mind-drifts on fallow ground
choreograph a song for thy ear and thine alone

and joyfully sing the august anthem to none other
repeating the chorus slowly, solely to thyself



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ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353
Michigan, USA
1 posted 2007-02-10 01:32 PM


write not right words if thy soul thrives not
..."scribe not the scripted tales of others ploys
waste not mind-drifts on fallow ground
choreograph a song for thy ear and thine alone

and joyfully sing the august anthem to none other
repeating the chorus slowly, solely to thyself"

I set this out, not because it was my favorite part...for I found the entire write striking...
I set this out...to sing too.

WOW!

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