The Anthology of Irish Song

The Wearing of the Green

by-Matthew F. Blowers III


Judgement Temporarily Abandoned.


We are propelled
by our needs
and our instincts,
and if the beast
should occasionally arise,
we should simply
ride it to exhaustion
and question not from
whence it came.
some urges that assail us
are as old as Neanderthral
and only being civilized 
prevents us from amswering
such  ancient calls
to barbarianism

We are granted
only so many years
70 or so you know
to flaunt and taunt,
to pick and choose,
to devour or sour,
to savor misbehavior,
to laugh and weep,
to love and hate
to pleasure or deny
to worship or blaspheme, 
God forbids
to purge and sleep.
and we are granted
but once to die
once is quite enough
don't ya thin,?

When it is all over,
then we will know
what purpose
we have served,
and all of our
minor in-discrepancies
and flaws will
matter little.
It is our love,
and our forgiveness
that will be weighed
over all the rest.
when we stand 
before our maker
to be appraised and 
found or not found worthy
so live every moment
with vigor and passion
waste not even one second
before you waste away.
and then die happy

Judgement Temporarily Abandoned.

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