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Rebellion

How shall it be Rebel?
What in thee shall I revel
Rebel?
What in music shall I sing
Rebel?
What shall I sway with word
and muse upon? What
unheard of crime for instance?
what thing sublime for
instance shall I raise?
What blaze create?
What fate nominate?
What hate shall I sow?
What blow for freedom shall
I cache?
What shall I snatch out
of the hands of tyranny?
What part shall I play?
Tell me this Rebel, I
plead. What greed shall
I scorn? What avarice
displace? What envy disgrace?
With generosity replace.
What motion upset?
What balance reset?
What strident turn back
to its proper place?
What stringent concern
I show Rebel?
What shall I remedy?
Tell me this Rebel.
How shall it be done?
And I will go and do it
but woe betide Rebel,
with you at my arm;
but no Rebel, not on
my own Rebel, for I
have not the courage
or wit, the stirring
contours, the shadow
of fame, the shape
of my name, to stay
my way;
no Rebel,
I cannot rebel
I cannot see fit.
You must go it alone
Rebel, you must find
someone else, another voice,
another choice, a political
bombast; a man without
scruple, someone of size,
someone to prize, a man
of tongue Rebel; a voice
that can roar, emotions
that soar, a leader elite,
a man of pride, of presence,
a man of the winning
side Rebel.
I am a loser, a peruser
of light,
I will laugh at your antics
Rebel, I am a lover Rebel,
a lover of nature Rebel,
I love the sun and I love
the flowers,
I love the light it gives this
earth; this, yours, is not
my fight Rebel.
I love the warmth and
the deep tones of autumn
not your tones Rebel;
I love the dusky blue of
the eventide
and all things nature,
you are nature too Rebel,
but of you Rebel,
your kind of nature
I can make a mockery of.
I love the voice of the
wind and all things elemental
and I love a young girl,
her figure, her note;
but of you Rebel, of you
turmoil, I can only scorn
for your note is hell,
your rhythm has no mood
of tenderness nor happiness
and you who rebel are in
turn tyrants.
Perhaps
my philosophy is wrong,
I do not care Rebel,
I have sung my song
and the world is tiny
and rotating on its axis
and the sun is settling down
and all the stars in the
universe shall overmatch
my verse, over and over again
all the stars in the
universe shall overmatch my
verse, not one word more
can they reimburse or catch
nor curse; all the sweetness
of the lily in that great
pool of light Rebel,
makes a fool of your plight.
If you could only see Rebel,
if you had my sight
what a better place this
world would be Rebel,
a lily in that great pool
of light; your sight too Rebel,
your sight too Rebel,
not just mine, could see.
If only! If only! But I
cannot believe
I cannot believe
so go tell your story
go find your glory elsewhere
Rebel; mine is here, not violent
Rebel, but silent and peaceful.
Leave me alone Rebel,
I am quiet, let the shadows
fall Rebel, and admonish
discontinue your noise Rebel,
and astonish, die in the
purple peace, die in the
silence; let's hear no more revel
Rebel, take your devil
somewhere else, acknowledge
my love.

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