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PLACID
Once, between the fierce battles
of birth and life and death
I found me a peace
--a sweet refuge--
who said, to
"pause!"
I waited,
and found Hope,
gained strength, grace,
and, so, I the better understood
my brothers' and my sisters' battles.
Once, I lived my life so feverishly,
yet, sometimes, languidly.
But, I think I've found
the Middle-place
--truth told--
now;
Peace which
loves the Quiet
which Rage cannot hear
midst the maelstrom of man-wisdom.
We Placid know : : only fools live feverishly.
