Challenge
Daylight… saved, spent, wasted?
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” —Jack London
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Daylights Knocking
must be as Godly
a feeling
to be Good
at what one does
not
metering out in
the mendacity
of mediocrity
with the toll
of late fees
that which,
with every blunder
come due
(I don't mean
like death...
but you know
...like taxes)
every act done well
is as an hour
saved
...I know
having seen
many a cigarette
stamped out...
that these ashes
are but a coarser
form of dust
the kind formed
where meditation
met its match
and lost...
11.03.2024
Daylight… saved, spent, wasted? challenge @Mariah