lessons in motivation
if I knew I would tell you
where I find my motivation
sometimes it hides like a child
secretly wanting to be found
this motivation can be evasive
like an answer that really
doesn’t address the question
it sits on a roadside
like a vagrant with a sign
in search of his next meal
it rests in a tree like a songbird
missing his sweetheart
and singing the blues
it can be found buried beneath
a pile of colorful leaves
waiting to burst into a mushroom
this motivation of mine
sometimes is missing for months on end
cast into the open sea
like a message bobbing inside a bottle
october two thousand sixteen
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