Self Definition, not the Usual—
Opposition to Nostalgia
Scito te ipsum
I choose to think about my future self
Instead of how it was when I was young.
My personhood is not on childhood’s shelf,
Nor is my personality the rung
That I was on in college, beautiful
Though, yes, it was with autumn colored thoughts.
I’ll not recall times of my dutiful
Career’s triumphs and publishing gavottes.
The days and decades yet to come will fill
My telescopic mind, the years when all
That’s past will finally rise up and spill
Into a culmination like bright fall.
..This vision is the harvest master’s dream
….And is a man’s approach to the supreme.
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by phillipw | Jan 5, 2020 | FU, SE |