Advice To Those Who Are Ready To Quit

a soothingly honest poem

Do it.

Quitting is a noble option
practiced by those
with wisdom
and integrity.

Do not fight endless fights.
Do not force pointless grinds.
Quitting is often the only way off the battlefield
in an unwinnable war. 

Just give up;
sink
into the forward movement of life
and rest a while.

Life will carry you forward without your effort.

You can pick up
where you left off

tomorrow,

or the next day,
or the next day...

It is true there are punishments for quitting;
there are punishments for enduring, too.
You get to choose which ones you face.

But if you’re going to be punished 
by a system of oppression regardless, 

I’d suggested you at least be well-rested.

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From my unpublished book of poetry, Advice To A Burning Phoenix.

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