Temperance

from Allegheny Elegies (Isaac Hill) by Isaac Hill

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So seek and ye shall find
what's before and behind
the forest of your mind
and all you think you know

It's not what it has seemed
and between you and me
there's nothing so discrete
as a flame and a shadow

o my heart, let me go
o my head, don't wait until I'm dead to feed me the sweet bread
of letting go

push or pull
empty or full
wrong or right
fight or flight
here or there
unjust or fair
changing or still
do what thou wilt

I believe to be what you want to be
you have got to give it all absolutely
but when the carrot is always out of reach
what else is there to do for me?

push or pull
empty or full
wrong or right
fight or flight
here or there
unjust or fair
false or true
it's up to you

To separate the Truth from all the lies you have got to see it from the outside
but if when I have tried all I can try, and nothing seems to satisfy, love
what is it that has to die?

I believe to really succeed at getting what you want you've got to let it be
'cause if your life is a gift to be received, what else is there to do but be
Love
ain't nothing else to do but b e

will or fate
gateless gate
slow or fast
pathless path
long or short
effortless effort
lost or won
Thy Will Be Done

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from Allegheny Elegies (Isaac Hill), released April 3, 2020

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The Hills and the Rivers Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Post-apocalyptic river folk. From the roots to the branches, the springs to the sea.

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