Short Poem

"And the days are not full enough

And the nights are not full enough

And life slips by like a field mouse

Not shaking the grass"

- Ezra Pound

Always Finish

If a task once begun,

Never leave it till it's done.

Be the labor great or small,

Do it well or not at all.

-Anon

"Go easy today", time said,
irritably, "I've got my hands full."

Life stretched lazily and shrugged,
"That was the deal. I hurt, you heal."

If you're sloppy, that's just fine.
If you're moody, I won't mind.
If you're fat, that's fine with me.
If you're skinny, let it be.
If you're bossy, that's all right.
if you're nasty, I won't fight.
If you're rough, well that's just you.
If you're mean, that's all right too.
Whatever you are is all okay.
I don't like you anyway.

-Shel Silverstein

Since water still flows, though we cut it with swords,
And sorrows return, though we drown them with wine,
Since the world can in no way satisfy our cravings,
Let us loosen our hair and go fishing.
~Li Bai

Always

You were you,
and I was I;
We were two,
Before our time.

I was yours,
Before I knew;
And you have always
Been mine too.

-Lang Lev

"There is a voice inside of you
That whispers all day long,
“I feel that this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong.”
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
Or wise man can decide
What’s right for you– – just listen to
The voice that speaks inside."

"The Voice" by Shel Silverstein

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one; 
Yet the light of the bright world dies 
With the dying sun. 

The mind has a thousand eyes, 
And the heart but one: 
Yet the light of a whole life dies 
When love is done. 

- Francis William Bourdillon

A bell is no bell 'til you ring it, 
A song is no song 'til you sing it, 
And love in your heart 
wasn’t put there to stay.
Love isn’t love,
'til you give it away.

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