Life's Ironies
Don't ask too much or ask for much!
You'll be a nuisance if you do.
Yet, don't forget to ask anyway!
It'll be mere nonsense if you don't.
Dare to take risks, you, foolish friend!
You'll thrive way more if you do.
But avoid great risks by the way!
Nobody can stay safe if they don't.
And there you go!
On and on without respite,
coldly bombarded with do's and don'ts.
"It's that we care, ungrateful clay,"
you'll hear them sing all day long.
Shielded by benumbing praise,
they will, by all means,
enforce their self-proclaimed rights
to be the bearers of universal truth
the only ones
endowed with clear foresight
and blessed by wisdom's light
the elect of life's ironies
who must school and rule
without request
without consent
with if and can,
and cant and rant
Copyright © Lama Atoui | Year Posted 2022
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