Derek Walkama Poet Lyric

Advice For the Youth

My advice to the youth, if some would like to know. 

Learn patience, respect and timing if you seek to grow.

Don’t take it all so personal, allow for things to pass

Choose your fight and really think before you all amass

And when you do, lock arms and speak

to what it is that your hearts would seek

Martin Luther King, our long lost brother

Fought hard for freedom, with good people, all shoulder to shoulder

Cause what you do in this life can really make a difference 

Maybe not to the world but those close around, to show compassion and temperance

Put down your phone, look up and listen

To the natural flow of the wind and sky, the beauty of the light to glisten

Be one with your earth and find your inner peace

Then give back to others, for love within to increase 

We can learn greatly from those who came before us

See the beauty in their wisdom and experience, they love to discuss

The places they’ve been, the things they’ve seen and heard

Both harsh and calm, mixed together like the elegance of a flying bird

And so I say to the next generation 

We’re all in this together, so let’s lay a good foundation

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