Podium

Can you stand there on the stage
Will you feel the calm while everyone else feels rage?
Your voice speaks volumes when it is steady
All can hear it when they are ready

Can you hear the whispers in the dark?
Do you start to run when you hear a remark,
Regarding your hair, weight, family or size?
How often do you listen to their lies?

The podium is ready for any one to lead
To be brave and help plant a good seed
If the speaker means good they won't fall
But hardly anyone will heed the leaders call

As a race we've seen Giants become ants
And discussed them through fairy tales and soliloquy rants
There is always time for the good to gain power
Let the dangerous and wicked be scared and cower

An empty stage is sometimes all we are given
If we understand why then fear can be forgiven