A QUESTION OF BALANCE
Garnering the thoughts
of others, he fails
to find some of his own -
he holds back tears to show
he does not share
the fears others know.
He balances the cost of feeling
against the numbness
of blind fate. He sighs
and calculates the cost
of caring, avoids the sharing
of any others woe.
He always felt that questions
would sustain his growth -
he never claimed to know.
He bought himself
a ticket to ride
then found
he had no place to go.
Malcolm Evison
19 November 2006
Garnering the thoughts
of others, he fails
to find some of his own -
he holds back tears to show
he does not share
the fears others know.
He balances the cost of feeling
against the numbness
of blind fate. He sighs
and calculates the cost
of caring, avoids the sharing
of any others woe.
He always felt that questions
would sustain his growth -
he never claimed to know.
He bought himself
a ticket to ride
then found
he had no place to go.
Malcolm Evison
19 November 2006
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