Stoicism

Why busy yourself with trivial matters

Or waste your thoughts on climbing social ladders 

Fitting in line and always doing what you’re told

Then forced to feel that regret when you’re wrinkly and old

My path is different, not paved, yet seldom walked

It requires great effort to be seen and unlocked

The way of the stoic, many have heard of the word

And is quickly discarded; perhaps viewed as absurd

Not for the virtue, the ideals or contemplations 

But for the fact that it challenges rigid, lazy foundations 

It teaches you to internalize that life is love and pain

Endure the bad and the good and try not to complain

The premise is balance, wisdom, and acceptance 

To love working all your life for understanding and transcendence 

So love fiercely my friend and fight all of your battles 

Fill your mind with wisdom and unbind your needless shackles

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