"DON'T DO IT" BY MAURICE CHIADZWA

Don’t load it all in your head

Don’t let that precious heart fret

Don’t let life pass you by

Because of something you could live by

Don’t let life’s vicissitudes haunt you

Because of one block you can’t see through

For every stop you crush against 

For every path that’s flooded with mist

There is another side for each

So don’t crush, don’t bow but try to breach…

Don’t let anxiety bury your joy

Or kill the battalions of dreams you deploy

For every dream calls for the dreamer to pull,

The dream from the blurry pool

So hold well, hold firm, hold on

The arrows of anxiety will be gone

And soon we’ll rejoice all over again

And you will forget all about the pain

… remember, life ought to be lived

Dreams ought to be believed

Till they sprout from the forest floor

Until we busk in your light and glow

Keep in mind… winter gets followed by spring

The howl silences when birds begin to sing

So don’t let anxiety slow you down

Calm, steady, and cool down…

© MAURICE N. CHIADZWA

- Zimbabwe

The poet persona says humans being should not heavily load challenges or goals in their heads. Hence, humans should grow with a free heart. Human beings should not be pressurised by anxiety of prosperity.