More or Less

More or Less   9/27/2013

If you think you are great

Then you are nothing

But if you live selflessly

You have already won. 

Small men brag

And smaller men boast

But to grasp at greatness

We should think of others first.

We are dangling between worlds

As one dies

And another emerges

Suffering through the death throes

Of all that is, left behind.

The blood of the good

Has dried on the floor

But the call goes up

And the ripples go out.

The arrogant shall fall 

And they shall fall hard

Because their greatness was given

And all their power artificial.

Say goodbye to what was

But not before

Many more shall bleed

But even those who die

Shall live.

You can survive anything

And those who have faced death

Know it better than anyone

Slipping through every crack

All the way down. 

Enjoy today

With a wink and a smile

Because all we can do

Is try. 

The horse has left the barn

And all that must happen 

Will happen

As we live and remain

All that we are. 

Those I have loved

Are with me still

And the walls cannot hold me

As I fly from day to day.

The duality has split apart

And what was weak

Will become strong

And all that, appears powerful

Will melt away.

I am new again

And the grip of the past

Is loosened

All things provided

And all powers given. 

Today can be greatest day

If we can only choose

Who it is we accept

And who it is we love. 

Giving ourselves over fully

And living according to conviction

Standing up

And never standing down.