My Favorite Person ... Writing Contest (by @zoexantelamv)

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Nature’s prize, those smiling eyes, 
A beauty … you’ve become, 
A heart that’s kind, such brilliant mind,  
To them, do all succumb.    

Nobel Prize, do some surmise, 
For promise does presage, 
As you devote; too, they take note, 
As you of them, assuage.   

So much you’ve done, for one so young, 
My child … of sixteen years, 
More than most, have you to boast,  
As first, amongst your peers.   

This day of birth, what thing of worth, 
Might I, then give to you, 
What would suffice, and at what price, 
To moment now imbue?   

Ought buy to own, a gem or stone, 
Or ring, if cast in gold, 
A satin dress, a look noblesse, 
So all exclaim, “Behold!”   

Perhaps a toy, that you’d enjoy, 
Remind … so too to play, 
Your mind, beguile; to make you smile, 
How ought these things I weigh?   

A gift of lead, in words instead, 
Of lessons that I’ve learned, 
As traveled far; I have them, scars, 
And wisdoms have I earned.   

Of none, obey; but each one, weigh, 
On each, ought you reflect, 
Perhaps concur, perhaps demur, 
Reflect, accept, reject.

Nothing is Free   

If truth there be, no thing is free, 
All things, they’ll take a toll, 
Sacrifice, means sacred price, 
Must pay we for our goals.   

Fairness   

Ask them to do, as they of you, 
No less, so too no more, 
A thing not fair, of it beware, 
For it, the seed of war.    

Virtue’s in the Middle   

Polar regimes, vice in extremes,  
Virtue, you find in between, 
He, Aristotle; would make it the model,  
Ethos, you’ll find at the mean.   

Euphemisms   

To tell them, their lies; they’ll first euphemize,
Take words … and twist what they mean,
The trick of the game; to change it, the frame,
Rewrite them words and their genes.

Trust Someone

Frightful to trust, yet still it a must, 
For no one sees rearward attack, 
Caution, go slow; friends fewer than foes, 
But someone, must have it, your back.

One Plan   

Worse than a bad plan, is no plan, 
Worse than no plan, is two, 
As matter of course, focus your force, 
No focus and chaos ensues.   

Take Precautions   

Bad sign, if it’s smoking; hard fix, when it’s broken,  
Insight … prevent it, the break, 
Of perils, take care; for problems, prepare, 
Precaution, prevents them, mistakes.   

Be Honorable   

Honor, the word; now seldom is heard, 
Strength … such archaic ideal, 
Morals within; so too with them, sins,  
Honor … is the iron in steel.   

Be Passionate but Pragmatic    

“If truly believe, you’ll truly achieve, 
Go child, go chase it your passion,” 
Well there is a gem, if dreaming of STEM, 
Less so, of dreams out-of-fashion.   

Think for Yourself   

Everyone knows, and they’d knowledge impose,  
Everyone … knows that they’re right, 
They argue their ‘facts,’ with logic that’s lax, 
And rarely, can science, they cite.  

So, You Are The Man

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