An Appetite With Explanation
by Michael Doyle

In all the new world that I'm constantly meeting
I have an appetite for all I see as if eating
A plate of works that bring me inspiration
With a flick of the internet, I find aspirations

That may be are not so discernible at the beginning
But a chase down the rabbit holes starts winning
The crumbs of my attention beyond my best retention
And I find what I wouldn't with my vapid abstention

After a few thousand songs, music begins lacking a self
Like a book of endless words from a timeless shelf
Until it becomes necessary to find what will constrain
A person to seek defining limits to avoid the strain

Of learning too much and seeing too much in what can be
Discipline secretly finds its ways to finally set me free
Too much of plenty finds a way of my living in empty misery
My best hope is to be inclined toward boxing in the category

It's a moon spell lost within an ineffable shadow gallery
Too much of anything proves itself a monochromatic lullaby 
Lost inside with too much echoing in my hollow little mind
Too much knowledge and experience leaves us all a bit blind

Life outside in the fresh air will return real life's pulse
Too many hours caged in screens has started to deeply repulse
All the best that cannot be thought on but must be felt deeply
This is what it will take to sincerely free the best of me

(c) June 17, 2024    Michael Doyle
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