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Context
Ps. 90:12 is a short poem written within a span of about a day or two, with the final words coined January 18th 2019. The last weeks of 2018, when I was under massive pressure both professionally and personally, found a brief reprieve in the outlet that was poetry. The poem is a self-reflection on the struggles, the cost of a life built around constant, unyielding work.
The poem
Ps.90:12
“Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom”
Yet all that time ever betrays
is that weeks are nought but prisons.
Time and success a pressure,
the hopefuls begrudgingly consent
Yet only when we lose our treasures
do we belatedly repent
Life is forever a struggle
Between who we are and towards which we guide
But whatever is left in the rubble
Though glorious, might not be worth the ride
Shall I compare to those around me,
and allow a staying breath
Or forswear rest and try at what could be
and arouse the stink of death.
Hanoi, 2019-Jan-18.
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