Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Power full high hills


Year after year after year they say the future belongs to the youth,
The very lifelong leaders who are dictionary definitions of uncouth,
Slogans dripping with deception and lies that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow,
When the reflection on the leadership mirror,
Shows over 30 years of the same people saying the same things,
Through a perpetual bullying presence on the corridors of power they clip young wings,
Ensure a lack of apprenticeship so the young never learn to fly,
Give them just enough to make sure their ambitions learn to die,

If the young will ever step into the shoes of leadership,
Somebody’s gotta make room for the younger fragile feet to fit,
Get used to the power full shoes,
Acquaint themselves to the high heels and hills,
Learn to walk in them,
Climbing and learning the ropes of power,
And if the old will not let the shoes be filled by younger fresher smarter feet,
The young must employ every smart strategy to force them to make the room,
For the changes the countries need,

If we will ever truly lead,
Let us make their fake promises true,
Not because it was said but because it should be so,
If the country will catch up with the transformational changes of the times,
Then the young must lead,
Fully leveraging their best ideas,
Minimizing influence of the worst,

Fully learning the best lessons from history and the old,
Flushing the bad practices and all the destructive isms down the toilet drains,
Making sure to keep the link between the heart and brains,
And leaving behind the delusive thinking,
That much needed change will be handed on a platter of gold.


Brussels © February 2015 afesehngwaHilary

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