To Be

• Clare Douglas, Grade 12, Xavier Catholic College
• Poetry
• 2009

Finalist in the 'Xtreme Read 2009' competition

To be;
one must cease from their explorations,
the duty of searching for one's soul.
Man cannot be greater than his nature allows,
nor less than the purpose his nature wishes him to fulfil.
For when one is harmonious with the other,
only then is he truly at peace with his soul-
the inner mechanisms of life mysterious to the physical realm.
Do not challenge it-
for it will surely challenge you with a force so equal, and greater.
Do not dwindle below it, for it will extinguish you,
and that which you most ardently desire.