Practice is the best
Of all instructors
It is proper
To speak the truth
You are capable of enough
A special moment lies ahead
Now is a good time
For a bit of solitude
Even the greatest minds
Needed inspiration
Though nothing may go
The way you want
In this world
And you see reality
Marked with indifference
Or differently
Than you imagined
It would be…
Perhaps trying
To preserve peace
Gives rise to war
Inevitably
Thus borne out of love
Is a hatred bound
The laws of the earth
Cause and effect
If people who you trust
Gather around you
Hope begins
To take physical form
Sacrifice yourself
Your self, perhaps
It will end suffering
No, it will rage on
Always or at least
It will appear
To continue for you
Then what is left
But to be reborn
In my own form
In my own lore
After all my travels
Throughout this world
Arriving at this conclusion
Similar to another’s
Held in heightened esteem
The sharing of pain…
Applied to something
Much greater than just us…
Could be the answer
Unfortunately
I’m unable to do it
Like you
Things don’t
Work out the same way
I think
That’s necessary
For a renewal
As you and I know
More than anyone
The more daunting a task
The more difficult
A challenge
The more worthwhile
It can become
In the mind’s eye
This idea then
Is a commitment
To keep enduring,
No matter what
Until things come to pass.
For we who must endure
Perhaps that’s
What it means
The best ideas
Are common property
Still working on it
I don’t particularly
Like the work,
But in the work
I find myself
In the mind
These nine muses
Confusion lessens
Focused in attention
For these lessons
Apply to any
Who seek them.
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