Honor
Honor, pride.
My friend.
Where lies its gain?
Why, my friend?
Do you wish to hide?
Behind such idle words.
When forever hidden lies.
Lacks, true accomplishment.
When, thy vanity.
So blossomed and grew.
Blinded your eyes.
Deafened both ears.
Fully blocked.
Thy brilliance, of mind.
Ability, to discern.
Realize the truth.
To face, its plight.
When prevented.
Blinded was.
My own sight.
When, so tempted.
Foiled all.
That might.
For inaudible.
Became my sense.
Heedless showed, its call.
So I labored.
Further milled about.
Hither and thither.
Mindless, pained and vain.
Missed, my aim.
As neither fault.
Nor any blame.
Can I bear, accept.
Instead, rather darker.
Into depths.
Of self-pity, misery.
My eagerness pulled.
Faith deviously fell.
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poem by Ilari Rahja
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