poem

 Poem To Future Leaders

Approach of unexpected challenge
must be met with clarity of thought—
just, in all matters logic and spirit;
unfaltering vigilance
in gathering information,
and unnoticed spy-craft;
refusing burdens
greater than any could carry, yet
bearing weights
without being crushed;
retaining magnanimity,
restraining rush of tyranny,
where speech of reasoning
cuts confusion to heart;
where conservation of reserves
the narrative continues.

Gracious in education, knowledge
and foresight comes revelation—
a mysterious kind and perhaps divine—
a treasure hidden in Earth’s nature
where fortitude and character
is power in motion to distant goals
based on trust;
honor maintained
during desperation,
the oft-times solitude
of leadership.