Notes About The Poem

Work Vs Pleasure

Why is pleasure measured in moments,
while work is measured in weeks or years?

Pleasures are like insubstantial fictions, sweet treats gone
in the tasting or perhaps flowers, that once cut, wither.
So don't be enthralled by fickle snippets of passion.

Work and service have the weight of reward,
by labor's honest toil, we fashion, forge and provide.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Loving Iii Avatar
June 10, 2023 at 3:32 PM
The opening says it all.
Vionet Avatar
June 11, 2023 at 5:47 AM
Yep, originally, this was going to be a couplet but I decided that was too easy and lazy.
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