"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else."
~Emily Dickinson
Life provides the utter need to struggle
to sustain its own truest breath
to sustain its own truest breath
Like a fish squirms out of water
and a bird works hard to build its secure nest
and a bird works hard to build its secure nest
We are granted its gracious offering
at the moment of our own birth
at the moment of our own birth
And the deep urge to preserve the gift
is expensive but still it gains more worth
is expensive but still it gains more worth
A wise man learns to make it prosper
fishing for truth that helps him fully thrive
fishing for truth that helps him fully thrive
While the fool struggles with the burden
of unlearned lessons upon his empty line
of unlearned lessons upon his empty line
This world is a deep ocean
full of opportunities to catch hold of and to keep
full of opportunities to catch hold of and to keep
It’s a fish that feeds the plenty,
yet our hands hold the power to use it or set it free.
yet our hands hold the power to use it or set it free.
