We are all
Hopeful stars of
Flickering magnitude
We stay up, practice
Wander with gusto
Waiting for our opportunity
It does not come too easily
Never at all may be more likely,
But we hang on with hope
Never giving up and moving
Toward willingness to
Change our course
Happiness is as elusive as success
This makes us cry, but
Determination does not cease
We think about where we are going
And what we are doing
We laugh until we decide to
Change our way
We have been misjudging what success is
It is not your name on the marquee
But something on our inside
That tells us we are full
This comes from emptying ourselves
By doing good works for others
Already the music sounds better
But it is a different audience
Full of people who know the meaning
Of giving and the importance in changing
If we want joy we should linger
Along this new trail remembering
How long it took to get here and
Will take real loving care to stay
Staying backstage will not help
Stanski
January 29, 2022 ^
Steve Haarman 