Rhapsody /Everlasting/ Despair / by Crystal Bella

True unrest in decisions best unmade

Life’s journey interrupted

By fate ill-prepared

 

Battles close at hand

Or far beyond one’s scope

Enlisted in the passing days

One’s heart or head enforce

 

To take action in the moment

Persevere through troubled times

Courageous triumphs meet

Faltering cowardice with blissful disharmony

 

Consequences unprovoked

Baseless gratification unforeseen

Empowering ramifications

Relinquished doubts bring disbelief

 

To renounce the unexpected

One must lie dormant in the past

With idle cadence in transgression

One forgoes a given destination

 

Residual forces compound

In contingent disintegration

To disregard one’s impact

With sinful negligence

 

Established listlessness

In moments big or small

Unobservant of one’s choices

Allowing misfortune to befall