Addressing you, prominent chaos

I’ve been inspired by every muse,

And all of them, with grace, defuse

This impairing turmoil. Recluse

I shall remain, if they refuse

To grant me their wise, telling juice.

But today. Oh, today. They fled

Wearing that sad array, veiling

Their visages – as if mourning for the dead. –

Then, pointed they to three lurking  

Creatures: Tedium, Opprobrium, and Despotism.

For once, the artful deities exhorted me to mitigate

The dull shroud, which oft smudges my genius.

They apprised me: “your hand punished will be;

It will begin

To tremble

And

Foil

If you let these three rotten bodies

Swarm through your very

Substance.”

And so I proceeded. Now I substituted

The three orderly profaners,

And in their place came

The lifeful reminders:

Usefulness, Honour, Compassion.

Transcendental partners

Who only appear with

Personal predisposition,

And when it is assumed

That our travel can be shaped,

Like our communal words, forming

Coherent bonds of love.

21 de abril de 2018.