Saturday, January 17, 2015

Progress: a poem and a dedication

Once upon a time, there was a man or woman

That man or woman had an idea, a new perspective

It went against everything the "experts" took for granted

It was absolutely ingenious, and once he or she had spoken

It made sense

Deep in the back

Of the experts' minds

But it also contradicted

The reality they had spent

Most of their lives constructing

Rather than admit they were wrong

They decided to kill the man or woman

Hoping that somehow, the idea would die too

But of course it didn't. The truth would come out

Albeit decades, centuries after the man or woman died

Even if

It wasn't

That extreme

If they didn't kill

The forward-thinker

They would ridicule them

Rather than open their eyes

Is this what you call "progress?"

I dedicate this page to the new ideas

The ones we've found, the ones shot down

And all brilliant the ideas yet to be discovered

I dedicate this page to listening, not simply hearing

I dedicate this page to seeing the world with open eyes

I dedicate this page to all those people who feel like they're

Just sitting there quietly in the corner while the world moves on

To those people who are talking when the world doesn't want to hear

To everyone who's taken the time, found someone with a story and listened

I dedicate this page to the problems that are not always acknowledged

And to the few individuals who make efforts to find their solutions

I dedicate this page to those who haven't yet given up

Even though everything seems hopeless, futile

I dedicate this page to the people

Who are treated like problems

Waiting to be fixed

When they're

Perfect

I dedicate this page to the truth. We'll know it someday

I dedicate this page to the solution and the people

Who come closer and closer to finding it

I dedicate this page to the people

Who didn't make it to today

And to those who did

You can do it

I dedicate this page to making it through

I dedicate this page to the tunnel

But also to the light

At the end