Poems to Hang on the Wall (Words to Work By)

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Chapter 01: For Emily
Chapter 02: Responsibility

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When did I forget

Why did I never learn

That people are for loving

And being loved

It's crazy, what people will say
When they're left in want of laughing
And laughter, as they say, is the most sonorous sound of all
Be it constant, consonant, fetching, or just plain

LOUD

And raucous, and charming, nonetheless, nonetheless

As people are; and people are the organism that bridges us all together
You wouldn't tell a cell not to share in its essential energies
I'd never tell you not to do what you please and what please you
For integrity is made on self-satisfaction of the noblest kind
So I bow, a quiet knight, and tell you

tell me crazy things

How I'd love to learn to believe you

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In reaction, I jump
Quick to the hips of pen agin sword agin bullet

in thought, in word, in deed

I know what I think
− I think what I feel, if I am a kind and just person

I know what I say
− I say what I think, if I am a bold and honest person

I know what I do
− I do what I say, if I am a genuine and mature person

But if I feel afraid, then I do nothing at all

those admirable thoughts which I know now, and those which I have forgotten

I must confess: I am only me
No matter what others may make

So based on what I do...
I may make myself quite a wonderful AND admirable person!