april songs:  journey of life 2

april song 02: elemental

journey of a thousand footsteps,
man conceived as living soul;
concept of superior concepts:
what would he write on the scroll?

he could write a script for living
in his earthen universe,
lest binge-taking and stinge-giving
change his blessing to a curse.

he could write a script for dying,
if he understood that life
must soon, in the grave, be lying
‘neath old, cold grim reaper’s knife.

he cannot rescind the order
of his freewill compromise
who makes void the sovereign border
that restrains the worldly-wise.

shall he write the wrongs that strangle,
like a fetter, in life’s jungle?

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by Clyve A. Bowen♫