Half-Life
less than three months
and she's all-ready
already
asking me
the inconceivable
irretrievable
reduction of
eternity
half a lifetime
in the making
half a decade
consummating
a half-life
decaying
Copyright R. Resh 2005
half–life
Function: noun: the time required for half of something to undergo a process: as a: the time required for half of the atoms of a radioactive substance to become disintegrated b: the time required for half the amount of a substance (as a drug or radioactive tracer) in or introduced into a living system or ecosystem to be eliminated or disintegrated by natural processes
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
LETTER TO YOUNG POETS
Beware of those bearing outrageous professions and promises. For they shall only break each and every one of them- often when you are most vulnerable. They will be replace with threats, infidelity and unimagined dishonesty. Lest such come as any surprise, or suddenly. Be grateful for the fantastic illusions which they fed you- fuel for finer poetry.
Write as you must, but do not haste to publish with any sense of immediacy. Review the pieces ages later, marking growth for journey.
Above all:
Be grateful for the well-earned lessons learned, rare slim jewels of exquisite poetry; expecting nothing else in return. For it was their acting which fed you, moved you; so hungered for ink-spill willing. Expect such and that only.
Your experience is truly the least uncommon. Try as you may- we are all too human. So strive that your poetry be truthful, wise, humourous, distinct, sensual, moving, exceptional as extraordinary; inspired of horrors' temporal folly- from the profane and mundane unto ageless bewildering beauty.
Be kind to yourself. Remain healthy. Life and poetry only grow the more rewarding.
Liter scripta manet.
randy resh 2010
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