Bliss and Misery | Poetry

Which side?

I could aim for the skies

I could say my goodbyes

To rest and satisfaction

Aim for domination

I could dream a hundred dreams

I could pursue them, full steam

I could be so successful

I could be so powerful

But then again, there's an issue

Something I have to admit to

I also just want joy and peace

Which of these sides do I please?

I also just want a small home

Stable income and time to roam

A nice garden on my balcony

Someone to revel in it with me

Maybe I could do both all at once

But it'd be a difficult balance

And I've only got one life in the end

To hold regret is not something I intend

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Some will tell you to never be satisfied, to keep working for something better, to aim for the moon, to just keep going higher, and that the joy in life comes with Ambition. Some will tell you that a simple living, and a calm mind with no wants is the way to gain the ultimate happiness and satisfaction in your life. They're polar opposites with different values. But I want both. I want to live in peace in be satisfied, but I also want to be successful, I want to reach the highest peaks I can. For a while, I thought these options are exclusive of one another, but I now realize, that perhaps it isn't. Maybe, I can find a balance between the two, and not have to leave either of my wanted futures. But, whatever I do, my final goal is to die with no regret in my heart.

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With love,

Loonazure