Ayrton (A.J.) Laucks

Selected Poetry

Time: January–April 2021

a beaten path: A beaten path / Bears yet no challenge / For who would compete / Against a beaten foe / Meaning in life / Requires a risk / A goal set on high / So take the unbeaten path / For its conquest grants you / The wings on which to fly

chaos and order: Chaos and order / Two halves of a whole / Their unity something / Humanity stole / Ever unbalanced / We now must travel / Our lives failed in fire / Or under the gavel / A compromise we / Must forge yet anew / A covenant for / Both many and few / Agreement between / Both sides of the coin / For the gray in the middle / Is where people must join

fear not the fire: Fear not the fire / The chaos, destruction / For inside the monster / A pearl / What takes life away / Gives it back every day / Warmth, light, power, / Nutrition

a sublime passion: A sublime passion / Dwells in the hearts of man / Its call echoing / Like the wingbeat of a dragon / Ever forward it strives / A balance must be reached / Different for all, unique to one / For with individuality / The chaos of life is born

dung in the soil: Sadness and sorrow / Malevolence brings / Yet dung in the soil / Means prosperity of all things

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