Is there anything
simpler than wanting ease
that’s harder to get?
~
Wanting is simple;
getting hardly ever is –
a simple, uneasy truth.
work
Simple Gifts
When simplicity
is not so simple, why not
go for multiplicity?
~
Simplicity is
simple! You simply have to
labor for its creation.
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Preserving Gain
How best to handle
the inevitable surge
of work when vacation ends?
~
Just buckle down and
put your nose to the grindstone?
Or, just take another week!
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Common Profit?
Tell me, my poet
friend, do you think folks mostly
do the best they can?
~
Good folk do their best,
but greedy folk make their buck
at the cost of all the rest.
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Work at a Play on Words
If all work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy, what
does all play and no work make?
~
Summer vacation?
Excellent video games?
More superhero movies?
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Dream Work
Why must we labor
on endlessly when, in truth,
life is but a dream?
~
If we row our boats
merrily we can sustain
both ourselves and dreams.
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Something Other
When seeking greatness,
is plain old hard work the key,
or is there something other?
~
Greatness comes not from
seeking but from devotion
to something other.
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Running Blind
Why do we hurry
through our days when we know night
will come soon enough?
~
Perhaps we distract
ourselves with endless motion
to avoid encroaching dark.
