the fight

fight, because there are things in life worth it.

there are dreams that will not rest unfulfilled,

passions that cannot desist.

fight, because there are battles that must be fought,

even if lost. there is victory in the losing,

there is honour in believing.

fight, because time indeed will tell

and now is the only story we can write

and the tomorrow will always remember

fight, because there will not always be the chance

fight, because when it's time to let go,

it simply is.

sleep writing

I write my best poetry when I'm asleep.

pioneering paths through the uncharted unconscious

I plot wordy insurrection

overthrowing tyrannical grammatical conventions

deeply rooted inventions, created through subconscious retention

Or so I'm told....

I write my best poetry when I'm asleep.

the shoemaker's elves working like dwarves in a mine

but from it's the mine of my unaware mind

that they chisel out the gems I don't speak.

I write my best poetry when I'm asleep.

those few precious hours rest are

where I display my art

for an audience of none or

as many as my dream may hold captive

I write my best poetry when I'm asleep.

words woven like silken silver,

dancing in moonshine, ethereal like.

and only the faintest glimmers remain,

once the consciousness takes hold.

...in time

if in our time I could teach you one thing,
if I could speak this into the heart of your being and
sew this truth into the fabric of your self

I would this one thing impart.

in all your getting, get patience
learn to wait with forbearance
and bide time with grace.

in all your taking, take endurance
for the race is not given to the swift or
the strong but one who with tolerance for hardship
completes it all

in all your growing, grow fortitude.
see the beauty deeply rooted in anticipation,
the glories to be found in silent meditation.

more is grown under duress than in plenty
and more is to gain from contemplative stillness
than ever a flurry of activity could achieve

we are built for eternity you and I.
and thus a time for everything
and everything
in time.