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Headstall's Reflections - 56. Chapter 56 Why? and June,1969
Headstall’s Reflections
Chapter 56 Why?
Why?
The best laid plans of men
Often come to no fruition
Had my hopes and dreams in place
And thought I'd paid up my tuition
Foolish me to think so
There is no rule to follow
Stray too from who you are
Your insides become hollow
Adaptation can be hard
But a necessary move
Look inside your tattered heart
And there you’ll find your groove
Learning life should never stop
Hard lessons make you grow
They can slice you till you bleed
But only you can stop the flow
One step forward two steps back
It only matters that you try
Piece by piece you'll come together
Even while you're thinking, 'Why?'
A Price
To have the soul of a poet
Is at times a trying thing
It can stifle you with pain
Yet also make you sing
There often is a price
When you set it free
Simple verse can flay you
While words extract their fee
Is such a calling worth it
When you feel so deep
Something I will ponder
In my eternal sleep
June,1969
I remember the seventies
Begun in June,1969
Off to an early start
New fruit blossomed on the vine
A decade of ‘liberation’
Flower power in the air
It was a time of awakening
When injustice was laid bare
Challenges were issued
While peace and love were preached
Music spoke our hearts and hurts
To unholy bastions breached
It was the beginning of a movement
With travesty exposed
Sharp new focus came to the fore
And couldn’t be bulldozed
Yes, it was only the beginning
And the fight continues still
Any ground we managed to gain
Achieved through our sheer will
I’m still in awe at times
At the way we fought and clawed
Showed the world our presence
During a time we were outlawed
In the end we gained few inches
But the point was we fought back
In a time of peace and love
We began to slash and hack
Yes only the beginning
Of a march that never ends
Ignorance is still our foe
On roads rife with twists and bends
Don’t let yourself be fooled
That our foothold is secure
The thing this life has taught me
It takes determination to endure
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