Haim Schlesinger Poems: Recent Episodes
Haim Schlesinger
A mentor to start
Don't hesitate
Stay close, don't part
Copy, imitate
Then comes the time
The need to depart
Uniquely, in prime
Your own way impart
A suggestion regarding your mindset
When you want out of life
So much more
To always make sure, more in outset
Of achieving all
You adore
Adopt the right one to ignite and so whet
Your dream life
Like never before
Market share and sales we all know
Are what's measured to show how you grow
But most tend to forget a great lever
Neglecting most effective an achiever...
What's better, pithy or long
An article, a poem, a song
Make sure nothing is missing
Say it short but make it convincing
With some feelings tossed into the mixing
Make one point, don't expound
Use strong words but don't hound
No cliches please, be profound
Of those, we all have quite abound
If you can make a sole point sound
Without distractions, your claim crowned
Some will likely stick around
Attend the insight newly found
Them, irked by your happiness
You, not inclined, lacking time
To recognize their sappiest
Lives maintaining self-crime
Design your actions wisely
Spurn the roads that lead to glum
Shun their wisdom widely
Keep abreast of things to come
For you are happy, living
In heaven on this earth
All they’ll manage in achieving
Is the destruction of your mirth
Continue bravely forward, don’t even glance around
Leave those feeling awkward, the view of your behind
Everything has a purpose
You either know it or you don't
Seek the insight, gain a purchase
Use as lever, bring it front
Look around it, make it clearer
Gaze all through to it, see it bright
Pull it closer, get it nearer
Bathe in your AHA delight
Is this causing you many a strife
Needing only one passion in life
Do we have to simply make do
With one such a subject in true
To comply with our current zeitgeist
Is not what I am after outright
I want to do many a thing
Create and talk and learn and sing
I rather risk failing time again
Than succeed by the chorus refrain
Paraphrasing Sinatra I say
Do it ALL your own unique way