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Maturity

A Villanelle

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Aweigh away...

Nothing important is inner child's play

Where you err exploits the means for the end

Weigh all possibilities, aweigh

.

The order of things is not ours to say

The journey, laid out, is not ours to bend

Nothing important is inner child's play

.

Leave the trifles till the close of the day

And bend the gravity you can defend

Weigh all possibilities, aweigh

.

Nobody's fool can, no one, betray

But neither can, he, be anyone's friend

Nothing important is inner child's play

.

Trust is a gift that will not overstay

But comes with balances you must append

Weigh all possibilities, aweigh

.

Set them up, let them fall, and come what may

Jockey for position from which to fend

Nothing important is inner child's play

Weigh all possibilities, aweigh

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About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

My substrack at https://substack.com/@drdileo

[email protected]

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