Mediocrity & Passion

I

Awareness

What is it in us
that sees our inferiority?

Surely it is something greater.

Madness

like the blind inertia of light,

massless

unstoppable,

bullrushes on with its own mind and space.

II

lowness.

is only Aware

greatness.

is only Mad

mediocrity.

is both

III

To be Mad without being Aware

is bold

To be Aware without being Mad

is lame

Mediocrity is bold and lame

IV

The lesser man
would just quit
without the obsession to improve;

a greater one doesn’t care enough about
what anyone thinks
to stop himself from doing.