Get Your Act Together (poem)
Posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
by David Tanguay
Are you a workaholic, finding work as an escape?
On the other hand, a criminal - trying to beat the system,
You call a rat race.
A musician? - attempting to master that doomsday sound you hear.
Perhaps a politician - preparing to launch a new political career,
For the people will view you - as a bright shining knight
The hobo lives for today - and the hell with tomorrow,
But the preacher tries to save us from hell - and all of life's sorrow
When you're at the end of the line, and the future looks
Blight-
The wise say "get your act together," boy! / girl!
Don't give up the fight
As long as I see a baby's smile, that's all the inspiration I need
For no rehearsal was needed - for an honest angel's beam.
There is a God; I am sure, - guiding us along life's rocky shore
His ways are not always understood but in his trust - we can be assured
So here, I am a face in the crowd revealing the world the smile of a clown
I may be rich or I may be poor I may be unknown or the talk of the town
However, I am not, alone I am everywhere I am you and I am he,
What I am not - is me.
We begin our lives always asking why until we give up and say - just let it be
The world is a stage with a script we must follow and obey.
So get your act together - and make the best of each and every day
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