Have You The Will Poem by David Whalen

Have you the will…
To do nothing?
Have you the courage
To let Nature take it’s course?

Have you the freedom
Of just letting things happen
Of giving free rein
To fickle fate’s force?

That oftimes, the act
Of doing nothing…
Is the quintessential essence
Of what one should do?

And is the essential art in
The knowing when to do nothing
Can only be parsed out
By you?

To stand back
To not meddle
to not enter in
nor try to enforce

Sometimes situations requires…
The will to do nothing…and
The wisdom and courage
to let nature take it’s course

It always seems easier
To aid and abet
Than to stand back
And do nothing…and yet

Let them stand tall
Permit them to founder and fall
For Sometimes doing nothing
Is something…you’ll ne’er regret