You have to eat your vegetables
You have to dance
You have to clean for the Guest
You have to wash your face and wear something nice
You have to quit smoking
You have to read a poem
You have to reach out to someone--
not with your hands
not with your heart, expecting to be loved
You have to reach out to someone with your honest soul
I haven't told you why
You have to save yourself every day
Partly because I think you already know
But I will try to explain, because we have some words in common
It's not to keep you from going insane--
Go ahead and go!
Rather, if you don't save yourself
You will find Hell around every corner
Hell reflected back at you from the eyes of everyone you meet
An interesting poem. Demands come and demands go. The flip side of this is that most people today are so wrapped up in self that they give very little in return. If one's own needs are never met, I suppose hell could be the reflection.
Danny
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"He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 10:39
Early Works is an exhaustive compilation of the first decade of the poems and stories of Z.B.McClure. Included are family photos, rare personal photos, photos of 1st draft manuscripts of many of his early poems. Also some biography and memoir materia
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An interesting poem. Demands come and demands go. The flip side of this is that most people today are so wrapped up in self that they give very little in return. If one's own needs are never met, I suppose hell could be the reflection.
Danny
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"He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Matthew 10:39
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I got it. But then, I am gender dysphoric ... and I am
... facing the Void myself.
Felt and understood your word..