POEM FOR THE WEEK: GOING FOR A STAR

GOING FOR A STAR
You say “I want to climb that mount”

They say “Hey, that is not sound”

You say “I want to scale that hill”

They say “You’re mentally ill”

They talk often about things here

You talk oft about things there

They want the things on the land fair

You want to soar like warm air

They say “You just cannot do it”

I say “Rise, make yourself fit”

They say “No-one can go that far”

You say “Yonder is my star”

They say “All things will never change”

We say “We will make the change”

They say “We are growing older”

We say “We’re growing younger”

They say “I want the house, and car”

We say “Let’s go for a star”

You know, they want to be kings here

But we want to serve o’er there