we plan our future
but have not added our broken leg
Bam!
Ouch!
Things change fast
We begin to heal
filled with optimism
We can still reach our goal
a temporary side road
we replan, replenish, rehearse
Refocus on our future
Car wreck!
What?
We’re hospitalized and helpless
Rehab takes a long time
Depression might set in
We are disabled, disillusioned and disheveled
Is there a glimmer of hope?
Can we continue our path?
Some of us cannot go on
These souls have not rallied, refreshed or regrouped.
Despair holds them down in the ditch of the side road
Most of us can continue
The luckiest ones find strength and stories in the side roads
Understanding that the goal is not the future,
The journey is the test
and the road we have travelled for a reason.
We are the optimists, and we do well
Categories:
replan, life,
Form: Free verse
Mandela On Justice by Skitzo
To toil, struggle, and fight for rights
That could strife your lifes
Existence,
And distance the measure
Between start and finish
How far would you go
To vote, to speak,
Always reaching
For justice
Righteous in the pursuit
Lock down for 27
Yes years
Double plus three in time
What Soloman Northup
Was forced to go through
Nothing in life is fair
From then to now
I frown
But the humble gentleness
Of the worlds statesman
Says.. Aut-awye
Grin, smile
Bear it, ==and yes fear it
And never allow
Such a treacherous state
To come back around
So give pause, =study, =think
Plan, replan, plant seeds
Bring forth good harvest
And cheer
Be humble
And forgive
For the salvation of your very
Soul
But maintain
Fight, struggle
Toil
For justice
Categories:
replan, africa, appreciation, character, devotion,
Form: Free verse