Saturday, 30 December 2017

Will 2018 Hear The People Sing?

         Well, you hit me with struggles, you set me some difficult problems, you gave me anxiety and you inflicted me with pain, but I never fell to the ground, I don't hold any of that against you. However you also filled me with hope, you let me find solidarity, circled me with strong comrades and you crowned me with some victories, for that I am forever grateful. But out you go, 2017, I'm ready to take on your sibling, 2018.
       What will the new year bring, for sure there will be bitter struggles, defeats and victories, but each year we learn, we adapt, we keep our eye on the target, and we move forward. Tomorrow will be ours, as they say, "hope springs eternal", and with that we can always continue the struggle. No matter how uneven the struggle may appear, just remember the words of the song Little People from Les Miserables.
Little People from Les Miserables:
    GAVROCHE
    They laugh at me, these fellas,
    Just because I am small
    They laugh at me because I'm not hundred feet tall!
    I tell 'em there's aot to learn down here on the ground
    The world is big, but little people turn it around!
    A worm can roll a stone
    A bee can sting a bear
    A fly can fly around Versailles
    'Cos flies don't care
    A sparrow in a hut
    Can make a happy home
    A flea can bite the bottom
    Of the Pope in Rome
    Gaoliath was a buiser who was tall as the sky.
    But David threw a right and gave him one in the eye.
    I never read the Bible but I know that it's true
    It only goes to show what little people can do!
    ALL
    A worm can roll a stone
    A bee can sting a bear
    A fly can fly around Versailles
    'Cos flies don't care
    A sparrow in a hut
    Can make a happy home
    A flea can bite the bottom
    Of the Pope in Rome
    GAVROCHE
    So listen here professor,
    With your head in the cloud.
    It's often kind of useful
    To get lost in the crowd.
    So keep your universities
    I don't give a damn
    For better or for worse it is
    The way that I am!
    Be careful where you go
    'Cos little people grow...
    And little people know
    When little people fight
    We may look easy pickings but we got some bite!
    So never kick a dog because he's just a pup
    You better run for cover when the pup grows up!
    And we'll fight like twenty armies
    And we won't give up
    ALL
    A worm can roll a stone
    A bee can sting a bear
    A fly can fly around Versailles
    'Cos flies don't care
    A sparrow in a hut
    Can make a happy home
    A flea can bite the bottom
    Of the Pope in Rome
Who knows, perhaps in 2018, we will hear the people sing.



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4 comments:

  1. Loam31 December 2017 at 00:33

    Great post, comrade.

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  2. ann arky31 December 2017 at 01:27

    Thanks you for your comment and support, at 83 I still hold the dream as a strong possibility.

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    1. Loam31 December 2017 at 02:37

      As Bertolt Brecht said:

      "There are men who fight one day and are good.
      There are men who fight one year and are better.
      There are some who fight many years and they are better still.
      But there are some that fight their whole lives,
      these are the ones that are indespensable."

      You, as your 83 years show, are in the category of indispensable.

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  3. ann arky31 December 2017 at 09:19

    Thank you, I consider it an honour to receive any recognition from other fighters, especially ones like yourself.Stay strong, tomorrow will be ours.

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