by

POET

We don't want a revolution

We don't want the commitment.

We'd rather toss around news headlines

and pull the hair from our scalps.

Once I believed I could lead my peers

sacrifice my life in the pursuit of fate

and then I got a little older

After seeing so many die

so many erode into less than their potential

I found the war in my own mind

I found we need a revolution of thought

a revolution of insight, understanding,

empathy and we can no longer fear

our own demons our own programming.

So, no I won't lead an army

I won't die for the world

I might never feel the complete satisfaction

of knowing I effected change in society.

Yet, I have revolted. I have executed a personal

mental revolution and the satisfaction

never again will my

mind stop me from excelling,

never again will my fears engulf me, trip me up,

and strip me of hope,

never again will I search for outside remedies

to soothe inner frailties,

and this revolution of the soul has given birth

to my future, and now finally

I shine!

"I can only hope that the heat I produce can

shed light on my brothers and sisters still in the shadows."

I shine!