All The Way - a Charles Bukowski poem

Directed, filmed and edited by Willem MartinotBased on the poem "Roll The Dice" by Charles BukowskiVoice: Tom O'BedlamMusic: Tony AndersonShot in Andalusia, SpainActor and assistant: Imre TigchelaarInspired by Salomon Ligthelm

“Roll the dice” by Charles Bukowski
What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire. 

 http://bukowskiquotes.com/2013/11/roll-the-dice-bukowski-poem-all-the-way/#ixzz2nwp3rVzD

if you’re going to try, go all the way.
otherwise, don’t even start.

if you’re going to try, go all the
way.
this could mean losing girlfriends,
wives, relatives, jobs and
maybe your mind.

go all the way.
it could mean not eating for 3 or
4 days.
it could mean freezing on a
park bench.
it could mean jail,
it could mean derision,mockery,
isolation.
isolation is the gift,
all the others are a test of your
endurance, of
how much you really want to
do it.
and you’ll do it
despite rejection and the
worst odds
and it will be better than
anything else
you can imagine.

if you’re going to try,
go all the way.
there is no feeling like
that.
you will be alone with the
gods
and the nights will flame
with fire.

do it, do it, do it.
do it.

all the way
all the way.

you will ride life straight to
perfect laughter, it’s
the only good fight
there is.