John-Ward Leighton

SIMPLICITY

simple things
piled on one another
become complex
and chaos then ensues
and the destination
changes
and survival
that essential truth
becomes a known goal.

here is the rub
how do you survive
anything
when your ultimate destination
is the grave?

easy for you to say
the others say
pointing out that
you have already
put in your three score and ten
and are in to bonus
all on somebody else’s dime.

live by the credo of
K.I.S.S.
keep it simple stupid
because
the mistakes made in the name of complexity
of fear, confusion and distraction
are just as dumb as a bag full of hammers
and there is a great safety in
simplicity.