The greater and the lesser

There are many things

silent and enduring

of which I know nothing about.

Of grander things have I aspired to

deciding the lesser

and in so doing forsaking myself its grace.

Such timely rebirth

of heart or of tongue

leaves a dreary moment in time to come

of paths not ventured for sake of gain

to dispose myself against no grain.

A familiar but unknown wind

and all too well seen rocks and shore,

but the course unknown

for having decided before

the greater and the lesser.