March 5, 2018Poem

Simplicity

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Simplicity

Is everything

It is a key

To open the door

Perception

Is a window

On everything

It is a way

To appreciate

The meaning of

Simple things

Without overly

Compromising

Or means testing

Too much

Unnecessary complication

Stifles the purity

Of an emotion

Break it down

Into small pieces

Feed the birds

With corn seed

Anything else

Would be an elaboration

Of little consequence

The message is clear

Simple things

Can mean a lot

Which is in itself

A complex concept

To understand

Without straying

Into the trap

Of rhetorical

Statements

Containing

Allegorical

Intellectualisation

Designed to exclude

The lay person

From the gift

Of a mindful

Pursuit

Of simple things.