Hubris

Hubris

Created: 2016 on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Chin up young one /
Awash your face with the warming crimson rays of the rising sun. /
Arrest my gaze with the charm and glimmer in yours
Feel not cheapened by the brimming flame of your burgeoning spirit
Nor for any wide-eyed lapses when interacting with worldly inhabitants
and the shadowy room-corner-whisperings that follow them
For you are undeniably human—consciousness, flesh, and blood
…and objectively the best of us.

Emit love, life and joy from every prismatic pore of your soul
Allow laughter, song and queries to flow openly from your lips. /
Move with intention…
nourish your intellects appetite with all the sweet fruits of knowledge that exists. /
Take healthy bites-disregard the purposed surplus of sugary bits/
spilling down the sides your neck. /
Your greenish pliable aptitude implies you’re still ripening…/
The self-confidence is mixed and poured, but not yet set…ready for the enlightening. /

Young one your inner and outer beauty–equally spellbinding /
Must we be reminded? /
The very perception of you /
can only be felt and viewed / when encased in a rectangular gray scaled profiled silhouette
…under the right lighting. /
We’re simply not wired to interpret the entirety– of you.
Our fundamental minds fail miserably/ to comprehend your infinitely/
complex depths and dimensions, /
we don’t possess the requisite bandwidth for that kind of retention. /
You’re just way to evolved…so we’ll just resign ourselves to being inept.
When it comes to overstanding the completeness of you.

You’ll soon be humanities joy and nature’s pride
The Future–the way stylish handcrafted heritage graces your shoulders /
But bare breasted you’re both the bringer and sustainer of life especially when it gets colder. /
A virtuoso, an intellectual feminine nurturer…
Despite any and all foreseeable criticisms / Never shrink or make yourself small /
Creator of Kings, you are thee premier Monarch in the making / a Supreme Leader in training. /
Your ethereal voice is much too important and powerful, while still soothing and warm. /
Your humility is endearing and the unending compassion uplifts us all. /

So, look up young one,
And blissfully bathe your face in last remaining ruby rays from the setting sun.
Feel no shame or embarrassment for experiencing this life.
For this life is a life that is all yours young one… and it’s just begun.

By  Kareem Quow | April 19, 2026