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tao- pay attention to signs you are going the wrong way
Tao
allows your elbow
to twist and to bend
in directions
that help you lift things
and shift yourself.
But Tao
also allows your elbow
to hyperextend and dislocate,
causing excruciating pain.
Your beneficial paths are wider than your elbow
but pay attention so you know
when tao is trying to show you
when you are about to go
in a way that is detrimental: hyperextended, or dislocated.
allows your elbow
to twist and to bend
in directions
that help you lift things
and shift yourself.
But Tao
also allows your elbow
to hyperextend and dislocate,
causing excruciating pain.
Your beneficial paths are wider than your elbow
but pay attention so you know
when tao is trying to show you
when you are about to go
in a way that is detrimental: hyperextended, or dislocated.
Published 29th Sep 2019
Author's Note
I might try to make this more "poetic," but this achieves the message, so I am happy to publish it this way for now. "Tao" is often translated as "way," "the way," or "ways," so I often play with that when writing about Tao.
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29th Sep 2019 9:23am
More poetic?
I love this spill the way it is
Cleverly inked for readers who are not familiar with Tao
I love this spill the way it is
Cleverly inked for readers who are not familiar with Tao
29th Sep 2019 7:20pm
Thank you Tallen. I had this flow in mind when it started, but I think I agree with you. It would be like bending my elbow the wrong way to force a rhyme scheme onto an idea that works without it.
