I Can, I Think

A poem in Than-Bauk form (described below the poem)

Give me a way
and I'll play fair.
I'll pay my dues.
I'll not lose face.
I choose to gain.
I'll risk pain to
my brain and soul
to control my
black hole of thought.



The Than-Bauk is a three line “climbing rhyme” poem of Burmese origin. Conventionally a witty saying or epigram, it’s even shorter than a haiku, but a lot more structured. Each Than-Bauk is three lines of four syllables each with the rhyme on the fourth, third and second syllables of each line respectively.

O. O. O. a.
O. O. a. O.
O. a. O. O.