Onward

not the tired but restless soul  
earns no rest. 
wavering and wandering
uncertain pondering 
searching to express.
for what is the grub
that departs its hub
but a dragonfly at its best.

souls nature deplores confined – 
not extraneous tethers
and iron fetters 
but the trembling state of mind. 
seedlings travers the night
dispatching sapling to the light
redeeming destiny from time.

opulence nor pleasure  
is sublime or bliss, 
neither can satisfy natures wish
to reveal her latent treasure.
to dive the souls abyss
resurface with gold in fist
is man’s meaning and measure.

The superior man lives in harmony with conscience. He suffers no schism of thought, his actions are firmly fixed to his aim in public and private. He moves without hesitation looking situation in the eye without concern. The whole of life is contained in self. The external world can never be right until the self is in order, for all that we see is a mere reflection. The arrangement of thought is no different than the arrangement of atoms. That is, the product produced reflect the substance arrangement. Wisdom is acquired by default in the self disciplined life and the true self dwells in repetition.

by K. Osei