Challenge
By Tatiana Pahlen

Once found
Your heart is broken,
Aim not to break
Other hearts.
Try this aid —
A spare token,
To place your temper
In the arts.
The challenge is grand,
The rage of healing
Could lead your genius
Above the minds . . .
Grow beyond
Your old renewals
Charge your muses
From the heights!

February 1, 1995

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