know has beaten hope

there are larger

concepts in life

than personal

happiness

more

imperative

essential

as

breath

i 

never

used

to think 

this

television is

based on

principals

against 

this

society

medicine

mind fucks

all

against this

and i may have

lived my life to

work against this

until now

until the 

sunrise

until the glistening reed

got slick under

hands

between my

fastened eye and the

sun

until spring's swelled stream

overwhelmed a clutching

belly's urges
forced participant

to forget that sun

and let go

dare to drift

down stream
passenger prophet

escape the 

billboards

of

selfish freedom

know 

has beaten 

hope 

larger goals

beg our reasons for being

than personal 

happiness as

i go floating

down this river

like tadpole jesus

thinking

happiness

is harder than

hard work

and easy and

contentment,

merely that

and

that all i really wanted

to direct focus on

was the difference

between the two