Where do we stand?

November 15, 2008 · Posted in Books & literature, Poetry · Comment 

Do we crawl when others walk?

Do we sob when others roll
in the ash of laughter
with donkey assurance about granite
tomorrows that defy the fury of dynamite?

And now we say we are not those
who sit and remember to spring up
when the clap of thunder
splits the tailbone of indolence!

© Emmanuel Sigauke 2008