December 26, 2019Poem
Do you try too hard
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Do you try too hard
Not enough
Maybe it is other people
Who influence our assessment
We are but a reflection
In another’s eyes
Turn and turn about
There are no shortcuts
To the beginning
From whence we came
The end can be anywhere
Is it a worry for you
Anxiety an obsession
To foreshorten time
There are other hobbies
To redirect a troubled mind
Salve the conscience
Of an old soul
Saving good intentions
For the countback
When will you know
Balance is restored
Probability
Is not enough
No more than a skyhook
In a Dalian landscape
Perhaps this is as close
As we'll ever be
To reality
When the timepiece melts
The tick-tock stops