Uncentered Passion

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This poem reveals why sometimes I'm my biggest enemy.

I'm always too focused on the things ahead of me.

Uncontrollably, my mind wanders to places unimaginable; it's out of my reach.

A pitiful, yet ridiculous anomaly.


Pitiful because only headache comes from strain.

And only stress comes from worry.

Ridiculous because I can control this passion that causes pain.

I choose to pursue this vigor because if I don't, everything becomes blurry.


Without enough effort, the purpose of my goal is blurry.

Without enough effort, censure is clearly hostile instead of passively fuzzy.

Except I can't tell what enough is, just that I should do it.

And I'm only human, but I have tried to prove too much at this unpredictable age.


Having passion isn't always such a great thing.

And it's never good without some self-control and self-realization.

My passion flows anywhere that I wish to thrive.

I've realized that I can't do that - it's become too burdensome.

I'll start to take one step at a time, with a much more centered and transcending passion.


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