WARRIOR POET WISDOM
Vol. IV: Intensity
By Miro
Copyright © 2011 by Miro
Cover design & photo by Miro & Luana Mercy
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For the intense.
FOREWORD
Intensity. If had to pick one of the twelve Warrior Poet Wisdom virtues as my favourite, this would be it. It gets me out of bed in the morning when I don’t feel my legs will hold me up. It gets my fingers typing when I’m not in a creative mood. It shouts at me to order chicken teriyaki at the food court in the mall instead of fried chicken, pizza or French fries. It gets me walking on my breaks when I’d rather just sit and waste time. It’s the pounding in my heart that may scare me, but I know it won’t kill me. It’s the source of a lot of what I’ve accomplished and continue to accomplish. It’s vigor. It’s boldness. It’s concentration. It’s emotion. It’s controlled and calculated ferocity. It’s unapologetic. It’s unpleasant to those who lack it. And it’s absolutely, positively essential in everything you do, whether it’s operating a machine in a factory, playing a piano, building a spreadsheet or painting a picture. Furrow that brow, purse those lips, clench those molars, breath in long, hard and loud, and breath out even longer, harder and louder. Do it with intensity or don’t bother doing it, warrior!
Intensity,
INTRO
Intensity
For many folks “intensity”
Is an unpleasant trait
They’ve been fooled into thinking that
It means “to be irate”
“To take things far too seriously”
“To make things far too tense”
“To take approach at everything
With anger too immense”
Let me grab my dictionary
Set the record straight
“Intensity” does not have anything
To do with hate
Definition: energy
Great concentration, strength
Vehemence, a high degree
Will go to any length
Depth of feeling and emotion
Action, spirit, thought
No where do I see it written
That it must be fought
Derived from the word “intense”
Which means “acute and strong”
“Very keen and diligent” so
How could that be wrong?
Just how did intensity
Become something so feared?
How did it become something
Avoided, not revered?
How did the intensity
Of great ones from the past
Cease to be an inspiration?
Fade from minds so fast?
How could any person say
“That’s too intense for me?”
After hearing it defined
How could someone not see
That most of the great things accomplished
In the world today
And years gone by is ‘cause they were
Done in an intense way?
Intensity is the key to
Completing every goal
With more than just a weak effort
But giving it some soul
Putting all your concentration
Focus, strength and passion
Into making sure that things
Are done in highest fashion
Taking opportunity
And seizing its potential
Knowing that a high degree
Of energy’s essential
In making sure the job’s done right
The best that you can do
Intensity’s not to be feared
It is not a taboo
It is the lifeblood of the strong
The hard, the ones that care
