Sean Petersen

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I am,

Therefore I think.

That everything

Is an odyssey,

Is wonderful.

Life is a

Huge treasure;

Devoid of waste,

Of sorrow,

Of lost time.

These days

Made of deadlines

Are false.

Take in pieces

Of it,

Expel the garbage,

And lose

All the stress,

The daily

Thoughts of shit.

Out with

The thoughts of

“Me”, and

Thoughts of “I.”

Had not

Almighty God been

Told by

Loyal Jesus that

This is

Forgiveness? Humans would

Be rich,

For life’s a

Paid adventure,

Not in internship,

Or scholarship,

Or thoughts that

It lightens

A heavy will.

Look rather

At the good

On everyone.

People are a

Resume, a

List of wonderful

Job choices

People say they’ve

Done well

In. Temptation luring

Innocent children,

Unsure college students

Into sin.

Please resist their

Greedy nature

And selfish game!

The world

Isn’t just meetings

And work!

Yes, there’s heckling

For sure.

But your stories

Drive you,

Not some “me”

Up start

That’s in the

Freaking race.

Climb the wall

And you

Will reach the

Glorified top.

Change no views,

Don’t surrender,

Remember you exist

For something.

You’re not shit.

It’s hard,

And it’s infuriating,

And tough.

Don’t imagine quitting.

Seems harsh,

But you’re likely

To succeed!

Dreams will occur

Sometime soon

And crying in

The bedroom’s

Not your future.

Is life

Kind to anyone?

Else it

Makes you tired

Of living!

I know this

Madness seems

Unending, but I

Know that

You and I

Will succeed

And we’ll be

Happy finally.

You want to

Leave this

All behind, this

Wretched world

And sorry group

Of liars.

All the scamming

Thieves and

Nasty people dedicated

To your

Misfortune and the

Allure of

Greed and of

Money. You

Are so much

More than

That. Glory awaits

The enduring!

All the rest

Of them

That deny this

Experience cannot

Do more than

Those worms!

You’re not stupid,

Money is

Not everything. Stealing

Pigs don’t

Go far. I

Want you

To go to

Live in

Joy, to the

Rest you

Deserve! Talk of

“My” and

“Me” ruins college

Years and

Leaves you without

This wonderful

Feeling. A horrible

Pit of

Despair that they

Call loneliness

Descends. This odyssey

Of life

Is what all

The people

Dream of. Groups

I’ve seen

Have never been

In a

Situation that this

Has reflected.

They have been

The coddled,

The absolute worst

I have

Seen. They cannot

Wait to

Get enough to

Leave it

All behind. It

All depends

On you. Behind

Good people

Wave good bye.

And in

Front the good

People wave

Hello. Please stay

The night.

From this Hell,

Away you’ll

Fly. Welcome from

Odyssey; home.