*Illustration reference:
“Don Quixote and Sancho Panza”
by Cesare-Auguste Detti
Take heed to words, they’re worth their salt
Deprived of drive brings us to halt
Tis apathy that does us in
When impulse was already thin
The status quo is uninspired
Indifference is where we’re mired
This attitude can irk me so
For without verve we will not grow
We would not be where we are now
If people did not wonder, “How?”
Or find the answers on their own
When curious, such seeds are sown
And that is what I hope still simmers
Deep inside us is that glimmer
A quickened pulse when we’re engaged
Imagine if our will were caged
Colourless and lifeless too
Without life goals we may pursue
This is a vision dull and bleak
A future of which I won’t speak
What is the thing that gets you going
That starts those visionary juices flowing
What good are dreams if off they flit
It’s in the chase we show our grit!
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