Dawn and Dusk

To speak or not to speak – that is the question

Whether tis a nobler virtue to hold thy tongue

To accept and love others as they are without interference

Or to take arms at perceived flaws and grievances

And, by opposing, end them.

To be silent, to swallow –

And with silence we end and begin misconception

The fear and self-doubt that speaking out is heir to – tis a simple route

To be silent, to swallow – to accept, and therefor enjoy. Ay, there’s the problem

For that in acceptance love can bloom and flourish

When we look past the hurtles others seem to set

And simply walk past the finish line. There’s the “virtue”

That makes it seem evil to try and lower the hurtles.

For who speaks and reaches ends up the fool of all

Thy work with thy friend, and in doing so, opposes them.

The pangs of neglected discussion, the reoccuring delay,

The possible insolence of the mind, and the hypocrisy of it desiring honesty.

That patient unworthy of who they desire to be,

When he himself can’t decipher the inherent and the acquired

Who would fear to wield the voice or the pen,

To grunt and sweat at pins to the core and remain immobile,

Only because of dread of change after the address.

The undiscovered realms of possibilities, past present and future,

No man ever able to travel and understand.

Yet every man attempts to invision, while being opposed to steering off course

Thus fear does make cowards of us all,

Thus the hopes of resolution become distant fantasy

As discussion becomes an inescapable minefield

As currents shift and turn along a river of the unknown

But know a balance must be found – Soft, you now,

The fair sleep – elusive Nymph, I come to you 

Not only with exhaustion, but also in hope

That you can continue to make the perceived meaningful 

Blissfully meaningless

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This can honestly be about a multitude of things about when you think you should be silent vs. when you think you should speak out. Apply it to the thing that makes most sense to you, I didn’t really have a specific story in mind when writing it so it’s open to interpretation.

Also yes, it’s kinda in modern English and it kinda strays off the structure of the original a bit at times but like meh.

Also I found this quote after writing it and enjoyed it so…

Anyway, Cheers!