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a call to arms
"That hurt we embrace becomes joy.
Call it to your arms where it can change."―Rumi
waste not the day:
too brief the hour
for vigilance to sleep,
lest darkness slay,
and sleep devour,
the virtues that you keep.
do not postpone
small acts of love,
or words of kind renown;
leave not undone
what you can prove,
nor let your tongue shut down
where lips must weave
poetic dreams
for someone desperate.
may those who grieve
your freshing streams
make undisconsolate.
to self alone
you dare not live,
or else, you dare not die!
when you are gone,
the love you give
shall dark days dulcify.
© Copyright 2023 September 17
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Call it to your arms where it can change."―Rumi
waste not the day:
too brief the hour
for vigilance to sleep,
lest darkness slay,
and sleep devour,
the virtues that you keep.
do not postpone
small acts of love,
or words of kind renown;
leave not undone
what you can prove,
nor let your tongue shut down
where lips must weave
poetic dreams
for someone desperate.
may those who grieve
your freshing streams
make undisconsolate.
to self alone
you dare not live,
or else, you dare not die!
when you are gone,
the love you give
shall dark days dulcify.
© Copyright 2023 September 17
by Clyve A. Bowen♫
Published 18th Sep 2023
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18th Sep 2023 9:28pm
I really enjoyed this poem. Contemplative and encouraging!
This line is a poem in itself:
“do not postpone”.
🙏
This line is a poem in itself:
“do not postpone”.
🙏
20th Sep 2023 4:50am
Ah, such a humbling response, KP!
I am pleased to know this was fun for you. Your point is well taken: to postpone is often to disown. As some would say, never put off for tomorrow what you can do today. The R/L is like icing on the cake; thank you.
Sincerely
cab
I am pleased to know this was fun for you. Your point is well taken: to postpone is often to disown. As some would say, never put off for tomorrow what you can do today. The R/L is like icing on the cake; thank you.
Sincerely
cab
