Arise!
Arise. As they say. Shine.
The light is upon us.
A new day has come.
Few will see what you’ve accomplished
and where you’re headed.
You will not make the Times
or E! or even your favorite journal.
Arise. As they say. Shine.
Anyway. Despite all of that.
You are not that which in days
of old moved heaven, earth
Or mountains.
The light has come. A new day is here.
Go to it.
This longing, this calling,
known to just a few,
is what matters in the end.
And how you respond.
Arise. As they say. Shine.
All the fear. All the doubt —
Just food, just calories
to get you off your chair
and to the world — to the life,
that is yours
and yours alone.