Hedonism

Pessimistic enjoyment of

Beautiful things to toy with

Warped ideals, bountiful appeals

To a great cause somewhere beyond

Somewhere entirely close

Rooted at the center

Gravity never bends to weather

Whether the weight is a feather

Better is on a jagged path

Worse is a flowered prance

One promising wilt

With a lack of water, change

One returning to dust

to promise it won’t stay the same

One is peace

for we find it in ourselves

Take it off the shelves

To walk on soles with welts

For to suffer well

Yes, to suffer well

Is the promise of meaning

Behind what we entail

On the jagged trail

With rusty nails

Is a chase upon the tail

Of the heavenly tale

To grow and fail

To grow and fail