Granted

Favour not the trend
to throw caution to the wind;
leave an open door
to retreat, to rest, to mend -
for long is the road
that has no place to turn
and weary the one
who calls no man his friend.

Favour not the urge
to vent anger from within;
pause and think a while
of the hurt that may not mend -
for short is the time
that never comes again,
and happy the one
who call his foe his friend.