You Can't Evict An Idea Whose Time Has Come

“You can’t evict an idea whose time has come.”

                                      -OWS protestors

You can’t evict

An idea whose time has come

I can’t go back to believing

We should never expect

Goodness for its own sake

Goodness without a price tag.

I can’t go back to believing

The highest virtue is

Not making a fuss

Not causing trouble

Moving along with the flow of traffic

In no one’s way . . .

Moving from my own truth

May be messy

May be terrifying

But is exhilarating enough that, no

I won’t go back into my box.

©Wendy Mulhern

November 15, 2011