Know Or Think

Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you. - Thoreau

i would rather be alive and pale than dead and pink

choosing to hold onto a twist rather than let go of a kink

opting to have the faith to wreak more than the will to stink

desiring to have the courage to inform rather than the cowardice to fink

electing to be the head that nods and not the eyes that blink

gulping and imbibing instead of swishing a hard drink

tending to expand more often than shrink

caring to hold aplomb gold more precious in my soul than malleable zinc

whereas i  glide on serene ice as opposed to rolling on an overheated derby rink

favoring comfort in heaven's fur over repugnancy in hell's mink

preferring to kneel at the edge prior to standing on the brink

desiring to grasp the whole chain before discovering the missing link

living free and staying out of my own clink

swim or sink

regardless of what you or anyone else may

know or think

Author's Note

"True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance. Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven. Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg, by the side of which more will be laid." - Thoreau

Reviews

[lightsong]

VERY brilliant title dear Pete. accept the lies or THINK with your mind. it takes so much courage to speak the truth with no fear, no care about what others might say... as I read your powerful motivations words I remember some legends who risked their lives to speak and defend the truth.

[Pete]

(smiling) perhaps i am in good company but it can be lonely and treacherous. i long for a loyal, loving queen ... :)

“My life has been the poem I could have writ
But I could not both live and utter it.” - Thoreau

[lightsong]

Don't be Thoreau, be Pete, the Queens' King :>

[Pete]

... ever the voice of reason ... :)