IT IS NOT TIME

It is not time to look up,

It is not time to lift up our hands,

It is not time to clap them together,

It is not time to smile,

The sun is too hot on our backs.

This is time to take a knee,

This is time to look down,

To look around us,

To take stock,

To set our goals,

Firm up our resolutions,

This is time to feel the heat.

It may take us years to reach,

And the road may be treacherous and hard.

Neighbours may laugh at us,

But we must keep a straight neck,

And keep our eyes unblinking,

Our mind, our eyes, our feet must meet…….

in our hearts.

Never again will we take a knee………

This is our lowest point,

And then…..we launch