May I ever

free myself quickly

at the first signs of

‘storms of confusion’,

‘droughts of despair’

and ‘floods of lies’.

May I ever choose

not to ‘dumb down’

with the herded masses

when my inner compass

says to ‘smarten up’,

to question, stretch and grow,

to ‘brighten up’, to ‘shine’

and to humbly ‘glow’.

(March 4, 2020- Shelley Wilson)