Better Reason

For today’s prompt, take the phrase "Better (blank)," replace the blank with a new word or phrase,make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Better critique better, Reason's Sleek BegetterSo eager to charm and enticeDesire's effulgence with instant indulgenceBetter to first ponder the price And weigh velvet voices that prey on quick choicesAnd trick us to trade truth for liesBetter, first to measure the worth of the treasureAnd cost of the pleasure we prize Because oft desire can be a soft liarIf we heed no Higher DecreeThan gratification of infatuation'sAccommodating fantasy Better to look better where seduction's fetterIs not always easy to spotBetter to fight battles before Fool's Proof tattlesOn Reason's Begetter of Thought To weigh the approach of a 'promise'-drawn coachWhere knights in shining armor pleadTo study the path and the long aftermath(of) Where Yielding to Impulse may lead... ...better to pray before we leapInto the fray of WhimBetter to ask the Lord to keepThought's pleasure stayed on Him © Janet Martin Today's devotion... ...from this book!