In order to know all, you must forget everything.
In order to fly, you must fall.
In order to live, you must die.
The path to success is littered with defeat.
The path to prosperity is destitute.
The path to accomplishment is full of failures.
True wisdom seems foolish.
True success seems like defeat.
True happiness seems onerous.
Everything you will do will seem pointless.
Everything you will do will seem tedious.
Everything you will do will seem difficult.
Thus be reborn,
Live life according to your purpose,
Push past difficulty. 
Nice connection to real life! I think the message you are sending through this is very comparable to life in the real world because it is full of failures.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this poem. It really shows the themes in the Tao. I think that it is very well-written and sounds very elegant with the use of contrast.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you started the first four stanzas the same way. The title was really unique too. I also liked how you concluded the ending.
ReplyDeleteThe message and style is very similar to the Tao Te Ching, amazingly so. You really captured the spirit of Dao with your poem.
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