Stand Firm - A Poem
These are dread times we're experiencing. This pandemic war we rage against each other.
Stand firm, for why you were born
Focus on your certainty, do not be torn
They warned of slogans and of war
And today, here they are
In the face of viral distractions
Hold your position and keep traction
Bear the brutality every day
Holding fast to your vital way
Healthy Body, Strong mind and clean spirit
Slow tongue, measured movement and sharp wit
Your business to mind, no time to mind mine
Our paths will cross at some point in time
I make my choices, you make yours too
To fall in, or stay out of line cos that’s what we do
But be careful, if you slip you slide
From your decision you can’t hide
Don’t own the need ‘cos it’s a lie
And always always ask why
Understand and love your root
Accept and respect the real truth
That’s when we will understand
Yourself man, is your law and your land
Anger and confusion fade away
To pity us who have lost the way
No weight in our actions, just words in a line
Like trying to understand the sound of the color nine
The few war with the many and the many war among themselves
The virus is a trending, trailing vaccine on the shelves
Something else to think about
Yet another cause to shout
From gentle coercion of hunger pangs
To the violent demons born of momma’s fangs
To sexes, and textes, and exes in boxes
And bosses who flosses while some feel the losses
And time it just passes like gasses from asses
Cracked spirits in glasses to splinter the masses
Those who rattle the box
Will their own key to the locks
Crack it open and break
Downed barriers at stake
Have the balls to blow when it sucks
And I could go on but I won’t
For some can do better but don’t
While some will sit tense
On every man’s fence
Thinking it safe defence
So all you can do for you
To thine own self be true
The seed that was sown, the way you were grown
Is what will take you through
Comments
Toni Newton (author) from Barbados, W.I. on February 21, 2021:
Thank you Janis. Really appreciate your kind words. You Hubbers are AWESOME!!!
Janis Leslie Evans from Washington, DC on February 21, 2021:
Bravo, bravo, bravo, Antoinette! Powerful expression of our state of being. Love it a lot. Thank you for sharing.
Toni Newton (author) from Barbados, W.I. on February 21, 2021:
Hey John. Nice! Thanks for reading. That's good eh? They say life is serious, and it is...but laughter and wit are good arms to bear through life's journey:-)
John Hansen from Queensland Australia on February 21, 2021:
Excellent work Toni. A very poignant piece of poetry and serious subject matter, but I could not help laughing at a few lines. Great job.
Toni Newton (author) from Barbados, W.I. on February 21, 2021:
Thank you for reading. Glad to know we can still inspire each other. I feel somehow as though humanity now focuses on "differences" as bothersome glitches to be controlled, rather than being in awe of each other when our paths do cross.
Toni Newton (author) from Barbados, W.I. on February 21, 2021:
Thank you Manatita. You are a wise, generous soul and I am blessed by your comments.
manatita44 from london on February 21, 2021:
An exquisite piece!
Somehow, it reminded me of this two lines from a illumined soul:
Only two things are to be taken seriously:-
Self-discovery and God-mastery."- Sri Chinmoy
Millicent Okello from Nairobi, Kenya on February 21, 2021:
Hello Toni Newton.
Wow. I must say that i am impressed. Marvellous. The poem inspires at this time of difficulties.
Those who rattle the box
Will their own key to the locks
Crack it open and break
Downed barriers at stake
