succeeding at finding the best possible accommodations between the infinite disappointments and occasional wonders

of life

I have found a foothold

firmly stood in the position oriented to hope

sides battle for intelligence

rage on one

naivety on the other

the fulcrum holds secure

the melancholic nature of this tipping point

has challenged the trust inherent

with pills of advice and drafts of solution

this saturnine phase is one I suspect will hold

still rapt with the naive

more rage weighing the balance

all along pain and sorrow simply asking

to be added to the measure metered out on the scales of a good life

a very good life

turn to a community it needn’t be large

where all have been guided to accept the prescription of sadness

with understanding it washes down

so that we sit with the melancholia a small smile turning toward our eyes

there is no feeling better in this ringed state

it is not best or bad

it is a simple

a solvent to the weary rigidity and ruler-lined passage of life through the bones of a soul