Take Your Turn

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

You don’t need
someone’s permission,
or a hall pass,
or a certification
to take your turn.

You just take it.

You don’t need
special clothes,
a theme song,
or the moon and stars
in their proper order
to take your turn.

You just take it.

We take our turn
when we are ready,
and sometimes …
when we are not.
We just step up
and take our turn.

We seize the moment,
we grasp the brass ring
and we do the thing.

We take our turn.

And sometimes
We stand in amazement
at how our turn
takes up places.

New and exciting places,
adventures, road trips,
mountain tops, scenic sea views.

I’m standing in line
ready to take my turn.

Come stand beside me.

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An Ode to Crazy People

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

Crazy people are crazy.

They do things others

won’t do.

They go where others

dare not go.

Crazy people see

life differently.

They see what has

never been.

They see what

could be.

Crazy people think they

can change the world.

And sometimes they do.

Crazy people know

the sky is not the limit,

for there are footprints

on the moon.

Crazy people know that

the mind is so capable,

so full of infinite possibilities.

Call me crazy,

but I think I see gold

in them thar’ hills.

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The Leap

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

We come to the edge,

The end of where we are

And peer at the next step.

Will we leap?

Will we take the plunge?

Do we have enough stuff

inside us to jump?

Of course, there is fear.

Will it work?

Will they buy?

Will they listen and read?

Will they like us?

Will they come back?

Will we still be friends?

Are we strong enough?

Tough dilemmas.

Tough decisions.

And what next?

We search for a parachute,

a safety net,

a guarantee.

There are none –

not one.

Are we prepared enough,

skilled enough,

talented enough,

thinking enough?

Have we studied enough,

read enough?

And one fine day

We leap.

We fall …

and then the winds of success

catch our sails

and we soar,

we fly,

we become!

What a moment!

We find success at the edge

of our dreams and hopes,

and after we leap.

I say LEAP…

and happy landings.

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