beware of what is offered,
better to accept what is earned;
hard labor brings
more satisfying days;
what comes with ease
leaves just as quickly
Category: Poetry
Words
I do not remember
every word I've read,
but I know how I felt
about the ones that have mattered;
I still feel the flames
they stoked within,
how they took my heart in their hands
squeezing until they brought tears,
how they made me invincible
and brought knowledge of the world;
without these words
I would be lesser