Everything
is worth a try
with one exception-
die

I'm not good
at bluffing
so, I'll say
nothing

Sometimes you see
other times, you don't.

Sometimes you know
other times, you don't.

Sometimes you believe
other times, you doubt.

Sometimes you own
other times, you're owned.

Sometimes you control
other times, you're controlled.

Sometimes, you hold
other times, you're held.

Sometimes you're loved
other times, you're hated.

Sometimes you win
other times, you lose

but

as long as you live
you never cease to breathe.

I'm not flattered
by any winning
nor disheartened
by any losing

they are only incidentals
on the periphery of life's core-living:
what does matter to me
is that my life is lived in meaning

without which I'll but exist
in an existential vacuum--nothing
of worth would be found
and I'll be less than a human being-

time watches me ceaselessly
in all my endeavouring-
to every occasion I must rise
or end up in moral diminishing

Truth can't be split
or diced
even by
the sharpest knife

He's a baron
not a bare-person

The singer is fine
but a good song is hard to find