Dawn

Every morning as you wake,
Think not of what you can take,

Instead dwell on what you can give,
To me, to you, to man and you shall live,

Through the ages, through the nation,
As a source of inspiration,

Eagerly you will be watched, your stride will be seen,
All the while history will be written in earnest keen,

Odysseus, Archimedes, Aristotle, Caesar, Romulus and Romulus,
All great men, all honourable men, all famous,

Among them claim your place,
Be engraved in the minds of the human race,

Your ambition that do no wrong,
Will lead to the sounding of the gong,

That marketh, your death, testament,
To the mob that thronged, to lament,

As your life becomes legacy, as your body crumbles to dust,
It all starts with your step at dawn,
To rouse, to rise and to live without lust.