yourself’s

all you can be

so just be your good self

– –

your self

will grow better

if you would act as if

forget

the narrowed looks

opinions of others

– –

recall

all you have’s your

great big reputation

grow up

into your age

ripen into season

– –

stay young

running uphills

toward views evernew

fold hands

in grateful prayer –

you’ve walked such distances

– –

never

sit there, sated

fat on accomplishments

treasures

rust under sun,

corrode life’s bright mettle

– –

pennies

saved, earned, are drops

of water in life’s well

speak up,

parrhesiac!

the truth is powerful

– –

silence

marks the wise man:

“those who talk do not know”