On Rebellion

By all means, be a rebel
But against your suppositions
By all means, wage a war
But against your inhibitions

By all means, cast a stone
But to shatter your trivial traditions
By all means, hatch a plan
But to conquer your lack of volition

If you must, then roar and bellow
But to stir your stagnant spirit
If you must, then sound the horn
But to rouse your weakening wit

Should you want, then take the reins
But first of your slumbering stride
Should you want, then strike the hammer
But first on your mounting pride

Make your mind mind its wavering
And your silence silence the cynics
Make your fear fear its recurrence
And your doubt doubt its occurrence

All within your hands that lays
Is a luminous chance, in sooth
The time is by your side, today
Make the best of this fleeting youth!

In the spirit of the poem:

We have an enormous amount of energy. But as much as we’d like it to be, we won’t have it forever. So we need to know how to use it judiciously. Fear, ignorance, doubt, pride, lethargy, stubborn beliefs and many more such tendencies are always ready to drain and destroy this invaluable resource. We must have the right efforts and intention to stop them from succeeding. We must endeavor to channelize our energy in the right direction. And the right direction is within, not outside. Once we learn to turn inwards, we’d find that the possibilities of thinking, learning, doing and being are endless.

Glossary:

supposition: assumptions, prejudice
inhibition: suppression
trivial: worthless
volition: capability of conscious decision
bellow: shout loudly
stagnant: not flowing, dead
wit: mental ability
take the reins: take control
slumbering: slow and sleepy
stride: progress
wavering: uncertain in purpose or action
cynic: fault finder
recurrence: to re-emerge
in sooth: truly, actually