April Is National Poetry Month!
FIND YOURSELF
MARCUS GARVEY
All men have troubles of their own,
And burdens great to bear
each day,
So keep your tales of woe, and frown
At all the
ills that come your way:
You need not harbor sorry pain,
And
make the world a living hell;
For there is naught in this to
gain;
The wisdom of the age will tell.
The other fellow does not care
A bit, what ails and worries
you;
In life he has to pay his fare
In living right as you
should do:
He bears his burdens like a man,
And smiles with
every wind;
There is a reason why he can
Thus master right
his soul and mind.
To conscience go in quiet mood.
And find yourself each morn
anew;
Feed thou upon the psychic food
That makes the gods
in mortal hue:
This is the way that men are great-
All
those who smile with Nature's laws-
So then, why brood and curse
your fate?
Brace up and strike against your flaws!
October 26, 1927
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