Overambition: A poem 

One can’t resolve every question 

One can’t storm every bastion 

The needle in the haystack one should forsake 

A dream shouldn’t go beyond daybreak 

There is no meaning in midnight oil 

when we only need a season’s harvest from the soil 

The tongue gets scalded from water on the boil 

A heart goes bankrupt from too much toil 

Beauty lies in the pasture, cruelty in the pursuit 

Sublime dignity is the key to whatever lies afoot 

Climbing an icy mountain with a frosty foot 

Does it pay to sacrifice honour for all that loot? 

Appetite is a morbid platter if there’s heaps to dine 

Overambition is inebriating, but toxic like wine 

Aspirations are fine, but must not be more than nine 

The murder of the soul is having too much pine 

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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