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 Nov 2017
meanwhile
ideas spiral around my head
so many things i want to do
so many things i want to create
but i can only create more ideas
everything is unfinished
even this poem isn’t done
everything remains an idea
a graveyard no one visits
everybody enters
but no one leaves

perhaps through poetry
i will clear my head
of all my ideas
before i’m
 Nov 2017
meanwhile
it is important not to set the bar too high
to reach a peak so soon
it burdens the mind

the mind is like a field
continuous rich harvests burden the land
a poor harvest is required to allow the land to recover

if one continues to raise the bar each time
only disappointment will ensue
to find yourself in a position where you can’t satisfy even yourself
it truly is distressing
but stagnation is important for prolonging one’s creativity
so you can slowly improve
and eventually bring yourself closer to that bar you raised so high
until you are ready to raise it once more
being new to poetry, i have found myself frequently setting the bar higher for myself. with my last poem, "Bridges", i personally feel like i have stagnated - so i decided to write a poem about stagnation in general, as a way of getting my thoughts down somewhere

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