Defects and Triumphs

by Sam M. Phillips

If I’m supposed to be writing,

And must admonish myself for not doing so,

Why must poetry never count as worthy?

It is just as deserving

Of life and expression,

A representation

Of emotions in motion

Short stories can’t touch,

Novels certainly are a different breed,

If you can succeed

In one or other,

Why bother to destroy self-esteem?

Of course we dream

Of being able

To handle all things,

But no one brings

Every skill to the table,

Fable of false ideal

To steal your value,

The clue is action,

Gain satisfaction

From all movement,

It’s all an improvement

Of the world,

It’s all hurled

Into the pot,

All bubbles hot,

Nothing wasted,

Everything tasted,

Your expression yours

To do as you will,

We can only really kill

Some time,

So there’s no crime

In spending as you want,

You can’t

Go wrong

As long

As it reflects

Humanity’s defects

And triumphs.

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