Go Not Quietly (new poem)
by Tim Kavi
We do not go quietly
into the night
but like bulls in a china shop
there is a great noise
destruction seems predominant
but do not mistake
loudness for anger
for lack of love
or even destructiveness
there are other things
to consider
on the eve of destruction
knowing that gentility
gets little notice
in the many noises of the world
must I speak softly
to get you to wake up
when the fire is burning?
sleeping souls
who says my message
is worthy to wake up to?
I speak the truth
turn to each other
embrace love and change
there is only the upward
striving on a ladder
of existence, to the path
where all sentient
beings make haste
bring it to the next rung
step up. step up
yet the destroying erases
applied like salve
to the wounded
the lost
yea, even the dying
of what is
and shall be
in the becoming
of who you are
called to become
step up step up
into the who
you are called
to become
confident
assurances waxed bold
in the face of tomorrow
fictional juxtapositions
encounter the real, lived out
of existence
your warrior stories
are waiting to be told.
