Are you a workaholic, finding work as an escape?
On the other hand, a criminal - trying to beat the system
You call a rat race.

A musician - attempting to master that doomsday sound
You hear.
Perhaps a politician - launching a new political career

Maybe enforcing the law will put you in the proper spot light
For the people will view you - as a bright shining knight

The hobo lives for today - and the hell with tomorrow,
But the preacher tries to save us from hell - and all of
Life’s sorrow

When you’re at the end of the line, and the future looks
Blight

The wise say “get your act together, ” boy! / girl!
Don’t give up the fight

As long as I see a baby’s smile, that’s all the inspiration
I need
For no rehearsal was needed for an honest angel’s beam.

There is a God; I‘m sure, - guiding us along life’s rocky shore
His ways are not always understood, but in his trust, we can
Be assured

So here I am, a face in the crowd, revealing the world, the smile
Of a clown
I may be rich, or I may be poor, I may be unknown, or the talk of
The town

However I am not alone, I am everywhere, I am you, and I am he,
What I am not - is me.
We begin our life always asking why, until we give up and say
Just - let it be

The world’s a stage, with a script we must follow and obey.
So get your act together and make the best of each and
Every day

8/24/06

Dave Tanguay

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/get-your-act-together-poem/