Sunday, January 9, 2022

Made Myth & Melancholic

 

I must move mountains and dig ditches, if

to sail seas, at captured cries, in wretched

winds—days as a peasant, a plebian, a soul

sainted, made dirty, digging more ditches;

so many miles into the horizon, many hells

come first, dwindle, die, come back to life;

a craving character, a vibrant violet, tried

in tyranny, unlocked, evaluated, denied. if

time wasn’t tainted, if tales weren’t told, a

man might climb the outer cave. I must

move mountains, establish human precepts,

live and laugh and lose to win. much more to

learn, lunging at mountains, a sad soldier—

made myth and melancholic.

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