Carl Setzer

Compassion

I seek compassion,
Please let the gentleness flow
From my marrow’s core

Always seek escape
Surviving is paramount
Exhausting way to live

A vision I have
Help focus upon beauty;
Antidote for pride

Where else shall I live?
This close to the mountains and sea
Near urban delights.

Facing down sickness
If ever there’s a good time
Now is not that time

New romance’s joys,
Intense fluttering heart-rates;
Ah, twitterpation!

Sea’s ungentle care
Focused malice against them.
Drifting Argonauts

Strangely these things come
Unannounced, then fading fast
Another boomlet

For those lacking this
Entelechy, life labors;
Frustration creeps up

My, this was a tough one.

I often
Find myself
My dreams, loves
Hidden by
My own
Ego.