Accordance

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. - Thoreau

the river that flows through this town

also flows through me

ubiquitous

unhindered

through all that i could ever dream or dare to be

my spirit taking refuge at its banks, securely rooted and painfully growing as a tree

because it's better to know blindly deep inside than superficially to see

woe may be me

but faith holds the key

to rise above

in a bold decree

destiny prays and harkens my plea

and mercifully has no choice with nothing but truth

happening

to agree

Author's Note

"Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, an obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board." - Truth