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Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you
than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper. —Billy Sunday
i'd rather reason
with reasonable men
than suffer fools
to play the fool
with me.
meet me
at the parting
of the ways,
no weapon
in your hand,
for the wisdom
of wise counsel
may launch for us
a noble epitaph
to the perpetuity
of sovereign life.
i'd rather go hungry
for a hungry man
than hold the light
for a treacherous fool
to colonise the nation
with suave favours
to his sole delight.
meet me
where the rivers
bend and weep,
no guile recessing
in their hearts,
for swift justice
in their thrust
may banish parasites
that flourish
fat and lazy
on their banks.
i'd rather die
for simple men
than great,
who, bowed beneath
ambitious dreams,
would rather crawl
on knees
with eyes half-blind
to wake
with honest bruises,
than compromise
just virtues
for vain gains.
meet me
where the conscience
sleeps and dreams
no more fervently
than rivers flow upstream
to kiss sweet oceans
at day's fearsome end.
© Copyright 2021 February 14
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper. —Billy Sunday
i'd rather reason
with reasonable men
than suffer fools
to play the fool
with me.
meet me
at the parting
of the ways,
no weapon
in your hand,
for the wisdom
of wise counsel
may launch for us
a noble epitaph
to the perpetuity
of sovereign life.
i'd rather go hungry
for a hungry man
than hold the light
for a treacherous fool
to colonise the nation
with suave favours
to his sole delight.
meet me
where the rivers
bend and weep,
no guile recessing
in their hearts,
for swift justice
in their thrust
may banish parasites
that flourish
fat and lazy
on their banks.
i'd rather die
for simple men
than great,
who, bowed beneath
ambitious dreams,
would rather crawl
on knees
with eyes half-blind
to wake
with honest bruises,
than compromise
just virtues
for vain gains.
meet me
where the conscience
sleeps and dreams
no more fervently
than rivers flow upstream
to kiss sweet oceans
at day's fearsome end.
© Copyright 2021 February 14
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
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