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Beside the Edge of Flame
Discipline
is not the gash,
it's the flame
you agree
to reside beside.
It requires the band
to be held taut tight,
in an unrelenting
challenge of will.
It is not the strength
of demands
that keeps it switched on,
but resilience in wake
of striving.
Having compassion
for slips of self
is not surrender
nor judgmental.
It's the little gives
that firms the grip
to tug in light
of flame.
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