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Leadership has a rudder

By October 22, 2021May 11th, 2023No Comments

The following is a poem I wrote about a captain without direction, a leader without vision, and ship without a rudder…

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The motion of an arc

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Drawing half-moons with no illumination

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Possessing direction; lacking purpose

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Possessing momentum; lacking vision

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Like a captain taking decision

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“Full steam”

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Directing a crowd of anxious passengers

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Toward no point

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Only the invisible headdress belies

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His bullish determination

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To press on

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To slice through waves

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The pressing sound of kinetic energy

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Like electrified cotton wool

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Slotted behind the eardrums

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Making it impossible to avoid

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To duck

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To dodge

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The plowing power of the pendulum

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