Hand To The Plow,2011 Poem by Eric Cockrell

sitting outside this morning,
watching it rain.... gathering,
gathering strength from i
know not where...

seems like we're not making
any headway... teetering on
the edge of survival...
this year especially tough...

get it up, get it on...
put your hand to the plow!
all around us people,
all different knids of people,

but people... are struggling,
are in need, are in want....
we are a disjointed family,
watching each other sink!

we have got to become aware,
to break down the walls of division...
the only way out is together...
what we have we have to share!

but there can be no more 'me'
and 'i'... no more self oriented
delusions... we cannot follow greed.
we have to turn our weapons

of destruction into shovels and hoes.
we have to join hands, and do it now.
if you're hungry, i'm hungry!
if you're homeless, i'm homeless!

no more apathy, no more doing nothing!
put your hands to the plow! ....
or get out of the way!
life demands hard working involvement!