Why Not?

 

One of the many things

That often bothers me

Is people who tell you

What just cannot be

 

As if some preordinance

Pushed by practical gods

Put a lid on our goals

About bucking the odds

 

Why put up barricades

To making dreams real

A spark brought us fire

A need shaped the wheel

 

The skeptics who advise

Not to envision and try

Don’t see past the clouds

To the expanse of the sky

 

We marveled at the birds

Soaring above us in flight

Now we also have wings

Upon many shores we light

 

Electricity was harnessed

From the current of Niagara

The flaccid were boosted

By the magic flow of Viagra

 

Scientists split the atom

And with great aplomb

Brought us mass destruction

In one heck of a bomb

 

We gazed up at the moon

So far distant in space

And then paved the way

To take a walk on that place

 

We wage war on disease

A dreadful enemy for sure

Some are gone or controlled

By ideas leading to a cure

 

This world once immense

Has been shrinking small

As our digital advancement

Affords connection to all

 

So, next time you’re advised

That your dream has no shot

Instead of asking them why

Ask yourself how and why not

 

s. paul  (Nov 2022)