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Splendor
by
Jason J. Willis

Colors dance here,
if you dance here.
There is splendor,
if you smile.

There is life here,
if you live it.
Take a chance, and
live a while.

There is love here,
if you love here.
There is joy and
laughter too.

There is magic,
if you make some.
Go and make some
now, adieu.

A Call to Art
by Jason J. Willis

Be practical, they'll tell you,
and probably they already have.
Almost no one ever makes it
and fewer still ever make it big.

The above is a statistical fact,
tested, proven, true.
I won't deny a word of it,
and neither should you.

But here's the thing--
none of that has anything to do with you.
Not one bit.
You got that?

You are not a broad generality.
The law of large numbers does not apply.
Statistics can't predict you.

Hold your head up high,
look them d… Continue

For All
by Jason J. Willis

Twin giants, towering monsters, symbols of corruption and greed
were dropped–like Goliath–by a pair of sling stones.
These fallen behemoths are praised as martyrs and heroes by many,
though they drank the sweat of oppression and consumed the suffering of others,
and though avarice–unchecked by humanity–ran like golden blood through their veins.
Though they blocked the very view of Liberty–still we mourn their downfall,
for they were our monsters, our giants, our golia… Continue