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I've thought a lot (Free verse) by MacFrantic
I've thought a lot
about what I've written
and I've come to realize much,
most of it...undesirable.
It's not incomprehensible
nor childish: those are such
that they demand inaccuracies
whether of manner or of reason,
but undesirable in a way that,
upon pulling those suction cup
eyes from the page, you should wonder
why what says so little
should make such length to say it.
I have empathy.
I too have wisdom enough to
see what I produce is naught
but granite to hungry men.
Ask now I of you:
what is so desired in
ourselves that we should
be seeking desired things?
Would it not be beneficial
to seek the undesired?
It is in this we see the great reality.
Our temptation is to walk into the light,
where the world is bright and endearing.
But into the shadows we must go,
for what we want we cannot see.
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