I arise alone,
Having less time than yesterday.
Suppressing the urge to idle
I forsake my repose.
I unbolt the drawer
And make a selection.
Preparation in silence for the day
Sustaining my hunger to last the day.
I set out from the door
To burn my legs upon nature;
No hand recognizes my presence,
For the wind stands still.
Stopping but journeying through life
An unrivaled struggle resides ahead.
Then I am challenged here,
And stoically fight through fatigue.
I alternate my room
To practice what I preach
And labor obsessively to breed a seed.
A hand sails past my window at twilight.
Then confidence finds me
And guides me to orate the answers.
For I know these matters,
Presiding at the peak of the caste.
The roots of my seed dig elsewhere.
I glide into the brisk wind
Hearing trillions of hands applaud me
As I amble home again.
Dec 24, 2012
Dec 24, 2012 at 4:51 PM UTC
I arise alone,
Having less time than yesterday.
Suppressing the urge to idle
I forsake my repose.
I unbolt the drawer
And make a selection.
Preparation in silence for the day
Sustaining my hunger to last the day.
I set out from the door
To burn my legs upon nature;
No hand recognizes my presence,
For the wind stands still.
Stopping but journeying through life
An unrivaled struggle resides ahead.
Then I am challenged here,
And stoically fight through fatigue.
I alternate my room
To practice what I preach
And labor obsessively to breed a seed.
A hand sails past my window at twilight.
Then confidence finds me
And guides me to orate the answers.
For I know these matters,
Presiding at the peak of the caste.
The roots of my seed dig elsewhere.
I glide into the brisk wind
Hearing trillions of hands applaud me
As I amble home again.
Written August 25, 2004 @ 8:41 PM CDT
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