Go Not Quietly (new poem)

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.