Take More Than You Give

-Take More Than You Give-
by Keaton Foster



This
That
What
Who
You
Take more
Than you give
I’d expect
Nothing less
You expect
Everything more
It’s just our way
Yours
More than mine
This relationship
A recycled trash heap
Of nonsensical nonsense
Not worth a damn
To the majority
Of every other kind
I live to write lines
I’d die without
A purpose so defined
Ability like mine
Was not given
But rather earned
What’s your excuse
Take more
Than you give
I’ll survive on what’s left
I’ll make do
And when my reserves
Suffer so low
I’ll fill them back up
Until they overflow
I never find issue
With what to write
Only with time to do it
My mind is a void
My heart is overfull
The space between
Oh the stream
Conscious ideas
Crossing between
Filling the page
They are my God
And I am their slave
There can be nothing less
It’s what I do
What about you
Take more
Than you give
Read each line
Make it yours
Feel the purity
And the duality
Understand what I mean
And know what I don’t
Be embraceable
Or at least try to
This
That
What
Who
You
Take more
Than you give
I’d expect
Nothing less
You expect
Everything more
It’s just our way
Yours
More than mine
I’m fine
With such a deal
The bargain favors you
And of course
Most of all
Our shared kind
And within that
I reside...


Take More Than You Give
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.