The Real Romantic

Jasen Alexander

A Journal for Western Man-- Issue XXX-- January 30, 2005

The real romantic lives in a joyful universe,
With passion pursuing a life-sustaining purpose;
Still, it's not enough; to save a blessing from a curse,
He'll sanctify his soul through a stylistic focus.

Resurrected gold casts an everlasting rainbow:
Prosperity distilled into paintings, film, and stone;
Melodious music is of the mind an echo:
The rhythm of life's motion in each melodic tone.

The literary epic reveals reality
Through every chosen goal: to struggle, or surrender;
Our pleasures conceived are born of rationality,
But, unless we would err, one thing we must remember:

The choice to live on earth becomes the real romantic;
With concepts he can fly--his wings are made of logic!

Jasen Alexander is a poet, Objectivist, and contributor to The Rational Argumentator. Mr. Alexander lives in San Diego, CA, and can be contacted at jasen_alexander@hotmail.com.

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