February Challenge

no fear felt

as like minded comrades

our posture our costume

our perspectives

were dramatic

we wanted to be noticed

and hostility towards us

didn’t dampen the spirit

we were activists

we were expressionists

punks mods rockers hippies

to name a few

we saw what was wrong

we wanted change

we rebelled against teachers

we rebelled against parents

we rebelled against government

us against the world

we were not scared

to speak our minds

despite labels and

prejudice

freedom to express

freedom to be heard

rites of passage

explored when young

no more are we young

our old age means

we are now mute

we blend in

but deep within

the rebel lives on.