Rising

 Original art by this artist available at: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/street-protest-in-exeter-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html

The old often are the poets 

While the young provide songs

And the children dance their merry hearts into the streets

While old misers sit grumpily,

The young ponder conquest-

But conquistadors 

Are extinct;

Let’s raise young warriors

Who join battle cries for justice

Not for fainting lilies 

But for strong resolute substance

Carrying swords and anthems of power.

Let no disgraceful hatred replicate to the next generation;

Extinguish no flame raised rebelliously to arrogant greed;

By our insistent demand,

We cry out in the night and

Rise like Helios in the morning.