Better To Be

Better to be an honest and shrewd man than to be an innocent dolt, Better to be an enlightened pagan than to be a short-sighted piece of flesh and bone, Better to be a frugal voluptuary than to be an impressionable vagabond, Better to rule in the streets than to serve in a castle. Better to be in a crowd than standing alone on an isolated road, Better to enjoy the rain than to be a parched fowl in the desert, Better to put on a hat than to stand still in the hail, Better to be a stern bystander than to live in tremendous ache. Better to be a sceptic than to be an unsighted tumour, Better to sit tight than to walk on water, Better to be a remarkable clickbait than to be a foolish mercenary, Better to be a judge than to be an instrument of judgment. Better to be a brute than to be an unspeakable human, Better to raise the voice than to stay always hushed, Better to be a revenant than to be a destined passer-by, Better to be a knight than to be a mere guard. Better to lie in your own sewer than to sleep in someone else's nursery, Better to welcome the changes than to stand alone, bearing the ancient typos, Better to eat alone than to waste at a feast, Better to be always you than to copy a protagonist.