Time.
Here come
365 days
In which to sink or swim
Drowning in
The words of others
Or floating on
Our own principles.
Whom to listen to?
What not to hear?
How best to act?
The way to discern
RIght from wrong?
How best to convey
Our wavering thoughts?
What then to do?
A million possibilities
A thousand different roads
A single chosen path
As we either
Run with the crowd
Or embrace our consciences.
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Do we use
Those 8760 hours
To pander to
The baying wolves?
Deflect?
Attack?
Then sit back and savour
The discord we have
So readily
Lent our voices to?
Or marshal
Wild thoughts
Measure wayward speech
Tread gingerly as we
Pace and ponder
And prevail
Against the common diktat?
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525,600 minutes
To take us
Way past imagining
The wherefores and whys.
Seemingly fleeting moments
Allowing us to
Swap flimsy daydreams
For the reality
Of a platform -
No matter how small -
On which to
Do the right thing;
Weigh, measure
Then decisively
Square up
To the oppressor
Be they
Family, friend or foe.
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There will be
31,536,000 seconds
In which to
Re-align our thoughts
Turn things round
Be the opposite of
Our diffident selves
Adopt a
Weapon of choice
And fight the battles
We were born to win
Simply because we
Had the courage
To venture down
The road not taken
Defying the logic
Of comfort
To embrace the chaos
Of conviction
And truth.
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If, when and
Where necessary
Buck the trend
Pierce the darkness
Disperse the fog
That threatens
To obscure veracity
Dare to be unpopular!
Upset the status quo
Not just for
The sake of it
But the "because of" it
Make 2023
The year
To see, do, be.
And live.
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📖 Say no to wrong. Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenceless.
Isaiah 1:17 MSG (YouVersion)
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⚪️ Cultural References:
* The Road Not Taken, a poem by Robert Frost, 1915
* Do The Right Thing, a film by Spike Lee, 1989
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