04-18-2024, 11:25 AM
"Maybe" is a habit you have yet to fully doff
when you turn 18, at which point there's another
that must be your answer---"Yes" to friends, to love, to life---
hence why people often judge what follows as mature---
to your fledglings' foolishness, or else to all the world
or, for their sakes, to comfort or salvation, "No"---
but that's only the final step.
Ascetic masters say, with every breath,
one prayer or another,
while the saints among them relish silence.
when you turn 18, at which point there's another
that must be your answer---"Yes" to friends, to love, to life---
hence why people often judge what follows as mature---
to your fledglings' foolishness, or else to all the world
or, for their sakes, to comfort or salvation, "No"---
but that's only the final step.
Ascetic masters say, with every breath,
one prayer or another,
while the saints among them relish silence.