{"sf1_id":2084472,"sf2_id":null,"title":"Will, Persistence, Patience, and Love (a poem)","author":"Ryuji5","words":494,"posted_at":"2023-12-20T23:47:00.000Z","tags":["Creativity","Love","Patience","Poem","Poetry","Will","inspiration","persistence"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/2084472-will-persistence-patience-and-love-a-poem","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/view/2084472","image_url":"https://www.sofurryfiles.com/std/thumb?page=2084472\u0026ext=.jpg","description":"#3 of Poems\n\nMet another poet the other day, had a wonderful exchange with them on their words. Just a reminder of how vast this world is and that all content has a place and audience. I urge you, try and make some for yourself. I believe everyone can create, but beware, there are some pitfalls.\nThere's four things you'll need Will, Persistence, Patience, and Love to create. And past that, the opportunities are limitless!\nGo Forth and Make!","content":"As you walk this Earth, you will ask for something more  \nSomething real, something fake, something artistic to explore.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Some skill for which you can say wholeheartedly is your own  \nSome talent, some niche, some activity to hone.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;But beware, my Friend, your heart set and spirit sure  \nThere's more to creating, so listen, I implore.  \n  \nFor any act or path you pursue with your life  \nIt's important to remember these four when life becomes strife.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Will, you were born with, at the dawn of your day  \nWill, it will leave you, you cannot take it to the grave.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Will, it will urge you, and run through your brain  \nWill, it will start you, pump blood through your vein.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;But will, it runs free not unlike a wild horse  \nWill, it will not sustain you after it has run its course.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;So look to the next skill in the line  \nIt, frankly, is a personal favorite of mine.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To persevere, to persist, to resist the urge to resist  \nTo shut out will's calls and focus on what you want to exist.  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To stand in waves of life's chaotic shores  \nTo stand in defiance of what shocks you to your cores.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To stand up to challenges, great and small  \nTo stand up to distractions and beat them all.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To start and continue is to bare your artist soul  \nTo lead to another skill for when your art turns too dull  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Patience, I'll admit, is something I need to work on  \nKeeping faith, to wit, when joy does not spawn  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Cause all things take time though I wish that weren't true  \nAnd trust me when I say, it will happen to you.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Burnout and stress will cut your art to shreds  \nAnd your brain will resist pulling at those threads  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;But through patience, I've learned and I hope you do too  \nCreativity is a flower, and it will bloom anew.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;And at last we reach to the most important of them all  \nThe one that is fundamental, is paramount, and always standing tall  \n  \nCause without Love all art is void of life  \nAnd lifeless art has no joy it can provide  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Love burns, Love sears, Love makes you itch  \nAnd Love, I'll be honest, sometimes makes you a bitch  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;But Love, I Love, it makes me feel alive  \nAnd Love I know is always buried inside.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;So let your passions burn, let your soul take flight  \nLife is too short to not make it bright.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To will, to persist, to wait, and to love  \nTo try something new, and fly like a dove.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;To get up everyday with a smile on your face  \nTo work through your job and never lose faith.  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;For happiness, it's right there for everyone to take  \nWe all have hands, minds, a heart with which  \n  \n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;We Make!!  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n"}