Don't Agitate Or Militate Poem by John Sensele

Among emotions exploding in my heart
And thoughts thumping my brain
Love leaps through to claim a part
In debates, deliberations and dribbles I refrain

From belittling lest I should shirk
Responsibilities in possibilities I confront
Day and night although I aspire to be no jerk
Striving to put excuses upfront

As I scrutinize and scan the environment
In which I come unstuck
When I embrace a truculent temperament
Dumbstruck, thunderstruck, awestruck

Hardly able to move a muscle
Cos I freeze
Knowing not how a bustle
Arose from a bother breeze

I struggle to contain
Wishing it wasn't for me to dictate
Sacrifices grandsons offer to sustain
When they tell me grandpa don't agitate or militate.