Thursday, May 30, 2024

Discipline

Discipline is passage that

Is ascertained – or not – in youth.

The gentle nudge from caring hands

That wheels the circle round.

 

The unbelieving attitude

That masquerades as hidden truth

Until the will of self-controlled 

Composure can be found.

 

Difficult to learn the drill,

To find the will to see it through

When patronizing ne’er-do-wells

Come prancing round the May-Day pole

Taunting undue governance,

A vitriolic pill to chew,

Creating arduous obstacles

To grasping final goals.

 

Only after all the trials to

Bring about a fruitful end

Can day’s end leave a heart with smiles

And discipline becomes a friend.

 

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