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How hard it is
At times,
To go away,
Escape.

To leave for
Other shores…

Surely, I
Ask, "Are
You

Going to be
OK without me?
Or can I
Dare to
Bid
You adieu?" Just don't
Enjoy my absence!

John B. Moss
10 January 2010

Image by Charmaine

I now have reached that 'Stage in Life' where
Nothing matters; let me assure you that I have
Some sense of responsibility, and that nothing
Onerous is meant by this statement. It's just that
Unless the conscious mind does not strive for a
Carefree attitude, to be free of anxiety and worry,
It is not possible to achieve this state of being.
Achieving the 'nothing matters' lifestyle is
Not tantamount to carelessness; on the contrary,
To really be 'Free' requires unceasing effort.

John B. Moss
2 October 1991

Scattered along the trail of time is hidden a track
Graveled and covered so as to obscure
Lives lost needlessly in battles not declared, and wherein
Immunization might have spared those souls. Whose camp
Issued the war cry, what enemy fights our cause
So noble, to preserve the race of
An honorable species capable of writing this line?

It is not from without we must seek our foe, but with
Lives constantly in anguish we must look within,
Address our antagonist on the very grounds
We know best - yet least - the cells of ourselves.

John B. Moss
18 May 1993