Keep Still Your Resolve (And Don't Be An Idiot)

Don't forget what's within you. Do what you need to do in order to collect yourself, To gather your strength, To stoke the fierce fires in your depths. And once you've remembered it, Embrace it And consume it And let yourself be consumed by it.

Then, don't you dare surrender it To the mindless To the selfish To the stone-hearted, ugly fools Who think that strength Resides in brute force, Who think that ferocious intolerance And an aggressive character Constructs a backbone Worth standing upright for...

They mistake kindness for weakness.

So, don't you dare Give way to these sleeping barbarians. Do not misplace Your best Your understanding Your wisdom, Your LOVE, To the vagrants of greed To the keepers of ignorance To the nomadic devolved Stumbling blind in their parched desert.

Keep your bright eyes from your noble boat Piercing that darkness Knowing that while your vessel may not Reach the shore While you're at the helm, It will Eventually make landfall As you keep your bearing. And the rest of the crew will step foot On the good earth And be home...

Because YOU lived.

~ Monsieur Kevin Charnas, November 4th, 2010

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