New Poem

The Plan

By

Anthony Labson

I’ve heard when people plan

God laughs.

I’ve learned that to be true

the past decade of trying to live.

Growing up, everything seemed to be

according to a plan.

Go to school, get a job, and

get an education, it was all

about following the plan.

I went to school where everyone said

I wouldn’t survive high school

and I ended up graduating college.

I dreamed of becoming a successful author.

I still do.

Then something happened along the way,

some blame a leaders competence.

Others blame the work of a God that

apparently has abandoned us.

Why are we so quick to pick blame?

I’m not a religious man but I can say

that I do believe there is a plan.

I don’t believe it because of scriptures

written to keep order or a self-proclaimed

holy man.

I believe it because of what I’ve seen,

what I’ve experienced and what I’m

continuing to do right now.

I gave up on my dreams and went towards

Security, I felt safe but miserable.

Then I met a friend

who gave me a kick in the ass

when nobody had the balls to do so.

I went back into writing because of him.

He is the reason I believe in

The plan.

I was meant to give up at first,

I was meant to find him,

And it was his purpose to put me

Back on my path.

There is a plan and while we may not

Agree with it at certain times.

I’ve seen enough to believe that

events happen for a reason.

Believe in the plan.