Warrior Energy
What did I do
with my warrior energy?
What did you do
with yours?
With the sound of every bell
I imagine a referee yelling,
”Fight!”
The majority of my life
I’ve chosen to step aside,
follow my father’s advice
and turn the other cheek.
I preferred vigilance to pugilism.
In my youth, I found other ways
to release my warrior energy.
There were games of football
and a weight set in the basement.
What my life did to distract,
time multiplied to diminish
my aggressive energies.
Now at an inflection point in life,
I venture back towards the ring,
and watch a younger generation
wrestling with their warrior energy.
“Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.”
This poem was written on May 8, 2023.
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