A paradoxical preponderance
has occurred unto me.
What I needed most in life
was given away free.

As if this was not bad enough
I soon discovered more.
A game I found that I was in
no one was keeping score.

This game became a boxing match
my fighting could not allow,
a victory by hitting back,
told to throw in the towel.

This paradoxical preponderance
made me perplexed and paralyzed,
perpetuating pilfering
from past performances and lies.

Everything I thought I understood
had to be learned anew.
Basic beliefs from my teachings
grew spoiled from life’s mildew.

So now I worry not of my
paradoxical prepondering’s.
Cause what I do not know today
are fleeting quandaring’s.

Copyright © 2007 Ronald J. Edwards