Poems and Poetry: Why Not Do Something
Why Not Do Something
You already know that you
Made a mistake, beating
Yourself up about it won’t
Teach you anything new
Will you spend the rest of
Your life here on earth
Watching hope slip away
Along with time?
Will you embark on a synthetic
Journey to nowhere?
Will you sit and watch
Enthusiasm in life dwindle,
Diminish and finally
Recede into despair?
Will you be doddering
Around this world uncertain
Which foot to put before the
Other?
Throw the devil of indecision
Over the cliff.
What sense does it make
To dwell in the past when
The present is so much surer and
The future so much brighter
Things don’t get better except
We make them better.
Do something today to challenge
Your defenselessness against
Life’s cruelties and vicissitudes.
You have the capacity to climb
Over the word impossible into
The successful country beyond.