Too Short To Dare
Asking life to meet half way,
you always lag behind
The focus on the things you lack,
not the gold you mine
All compromise and copping out,
your table left half bare
The brass ring distant and remote,
—your reach too short to dare
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)
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