Celebrate

Don’t separate

Triumphs from success

Wisdom is a myth

When money

Defines what’s best

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Achievements should define standards

And failures

And resilience

*

The rigid barriers of

Cold dollar-ladders

don’t reach furthest

*

Or name

Sure brands of brilliance

**

“Yes,” to your information

To build up our heads

No, you can’t ignore

the defining life I’ve led

*

“Ha!” you say, “I will,

I’ll do whatever I want,”

But you won’t reach these greater goals

And lost resources

could one day haunt

*

“Double down!” you laugh

“What a perfect waste of time”

*

But we don’t learn without falling

Reaching out

Let us find

A better ladder to climb

**

“Double down!” you laugh

“There’s no reason

Only rhyme”

*

But we don’t learn without rhythm

Or connection

Or divining

Relevant matters of mind

*

Life should not amount to

how we make a dime

**

Celebrate

Don’t separate

Triumphs from wisdom

Success is a myth

When money

Defines what’s best

+

Shared comfort should define standards

And failures

And resilience

*

“Yes,” to your information

That helps us get along

No, to hard core lies

Used to tell us we are wrong

**

“Double down!” you laugh

“This is wasting too much time”

*

But we don’t learn without thinking

New thoughts

To help us find

There is no perfect crime

**

“Double down!” you laugh

“We are comfy, high and dry,”

*

But we don’t learn without the future

Tomorrow

Or designing

Ways to share more peace of mind

*

Life amounts to more

When we work

to be more kind

*

I’ll double down this time

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