Our Shoulders

Life is a 

Full

Time

Thing.

We don’t

Get

To choose

To

Be

A

Part

Time

Member

Of

Society.

And we certainly

Cannot

Freeload,

Because then 

A

Load will fall on our

Shoulders

So quickly,

We wonder what speed

Our world

Is spinning

At.

The speed

At

Which

We

Must

Navigate

The

World

Makes

Me

Wonder

If we choose

The speed

Or

If

It 

Takes us

At its

Fastest,

Whether our

Body

Is

Ready

Or

Not.

The full 

Force

Of our

Lives

Weighing

Down

On

Us

Makes me wonder

Where

Our shoulders

Get their

Strength 

From.

The weight of the

World

Is on our

Collective

Shoulders,

But some of us

Still don’t

Carry our

Own

Share

While

Others

Carry

Entire

People

On their

Backs.

Will our shoulders

Be strong

Enough

To hold

The full

Weight

Of

Our

World,

This

World,

The bold

World?

Our shoulders

Will tell

Us

Their

Story

When our

Back

Feels

It’s

Ready

To

Share

The feeling.

Until then,

Keep

A

Good

Head

On

Your

Shoulders.

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