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Contentment
March 14, 2018
Contentment is a mighty foe
that keeps you in your place
improvement is not possible
when easy is the place
The stop sign right in front of you
is not always correct
beyond the limits you must go
to make your paths connect
The road ahead is mighty tough
not worth the heavy toll
quite possibly I must confess
you may not reach your goal
The life you have is all you need
no need to forge ahead
there is no use in risking all
life's hanging on a thread
© Jillian K., New City, NY
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I wrote this poem in the style of an Emily Dickinson definition poem. In order to emulate her style, I used alternating iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter and made the 2nd and 4th lines in every stanza rhyme.