~ The Radical Thing ~

~ The Radical Thing ~

Do the radical thing. 

Growing older, it’s so easy to sink into slumber
The sofa groove; the spiritual chamber
The suppressed desires and unspoken words
It’s so easy to accept the weight of the adult world
And let those slumped shoulders form
As you stand with the others on the assembly line.

But do the radical thing
And nurture the parts inside yourself
In whatever way that keeps those eyes shining
And letting that mouth speak words of meaning
As you continue on your truest path
Shaking off the forces that want you
To become another background character
Bitterly beeping in life’s traffic jam.

Do the radical thing.
And love yourself unashamedly
Don’t submit to mindless drudgery
Nor let the bottle or the pills
Numb you to a conditioned reality.

Let the sanctity of solitude
Remind you who you are;
Let the rhythm of happiness
Flutter in your heart.

Be someone that your child self
Would look up to and delight in
And nurture a life in which you live naturally
A life in which you live with integrity,

A life in which you live radically.