balance, volume I: foolish courage

[allstarme717]

cowards triumph over valor
motion marries time and space
distance sows the crop of yearning
while closer breeds a love's decay
possession shows a soul's defects
desire is a fruitless toil
why waste the moments in disorder
chase in haste what flees like wind
let it burn, just turn away
fire always smelts the pure
separate the grain from chaff
know your worth, what you deserve.
the world works in an awkward way
like how some choose to live in pain
the selfish cling, grasps don't relent
compassion fails again and again
refrain a notion of form and flow
the end, the lash, becomes new love
paralysis can acquiesce
to show the beauty all can know

-MDR, 2010