The Inquiry (Villanelle)

Stagnation of the mind is unforgiving, The only truth of life is we must seek, The unexamined life is not worth living, Am I alive? So what my chest is heaving, I peck atthis stone wall with my frail beak, Stagnation of the mind is unforgiving, Thrown to this world without a warm receiving, Must not abuse my strength, yet not be weak, The unexamined life is not worth living, This weaving path through darkness is deceiving, But never stop until I scale the peak, Stagnation of the mind is unforgiving, My muse’s verve must not plunge into grieving, Our reason calls us! Can you hear her speak? The unexamined life is not worth living, Indifference is the lowest form of thieving, I prize the wisdom of this ancient Greek, Stagnation of the mind is unforgiving, The unexamined life is not worth living. “The unexamined life is not worth living” - Socrates

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My muse can be unseemly and nomadic although she fancies meter and good rhyme, her diligence and output are sporadic, and some may say she’s moving past her prime. At times she’s off consorting with the sages reflecting on existence, as it were, At...

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