Restraint

Hold me back, please.

No, wait! Let me at ‘em!

No! give me a minute to

Count up to ten.

Amidst all the confusion

And unconfirmed facts

Maybe I should rethink things

Before we begin.

 

Immediate instincts

Creep close to the edge of

Inane understatement

Bordering rave.

Tis only by summoning

Strength from within that

Sanity sways the bear

Back to his cave.

 

We master the game as

The wards of experience, and

Learn to guide temper

Past vicious complaint.

Sipping the nectar of

Sweet moderation,

Trolling the highways of

Gentle restraint.