Tagged: self-control

my body protests

my body protests
but my brain knows there’s more to
life than sleep – knowledge

is a reckless thing, sparing
so few while on the hunt
.
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i am holding my

i am holding my
tongue –
a kindness,
a courage,
a courtesy,
a cape –
furled
for the act of unfurling
.
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self-control is more

self-control is more
oft than not
tempted –
there is rarely a
thing that does not
stare right back
when it feels
the pull
of admiration,
ambition,
an ache, or
a hollow hunger
.
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