rest or fun

in growing up the schedule fills up
with work
with social obligations

my calender has been so crammed with fun
but what i really want for christmas
is a little bit of rest

great people

you know. the ones that went down in history
they gave up so much
they dedicated themselves wholeheartedly
they built things stone by stone
but there is no element of mystery or impossible
in what they did
just hard cold steady determination
and perhaps timing

(finished Ghandi's memoires and halfway through Mandelas)