Poem: "Beginnings into Endings"
This poem came out of the May 11, 2010 Poetry Fishbowl. It was prompted and sponsored by minor_architect.
Beginnings into Endings
Begin as you mean to go on,
because once you start,
if you don't stop along the way,
you will get to where you're going.
Understand that the end
does not justify the means.
Instead, the means
determine the end.
Realize that what you put into the world
is what you will get out of it.
A rock will not leap up and hit you
unless you first throw it into the sky.
What you sow is what you will reap.
An acorn can only grow into an oak,
and an oak can only grow from an acorn.
Until you plant the seed, nothing can happen.
What does the world owe you?
A place to stand.
An opportunity to learn.
Here you are. There it is.
What do you owe the world?
Your attention.
Your care.
There it is. Here you are.
A trophy without triumph is just a knick-knack.
Only that which is earned has meaning.
Do not seek entitlement,
but rather enlightenment.