<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442861" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Strike Up The Band</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Strike up the band.<br>Do not permit us for another moment to sit.<br>You have already persisted...<br>You are the maestro of your gifts! <br>So strike up that band.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come forward and produce your talents.<br>We insist.<br>At least reveal the evidence, <br>You have 'it' and they exist.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Too many have serviced us with lip.<br>And you have staged an entrance, <br>With...<br>Wishes from us to see you exit through it.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Take the baton in your hand.<br>And lead us through...<br>How your hard work and sacrifice, <br>With a mix of sweat and paid dues...<br>Has developed with an appetite, <br>That will inspire and delight too! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And prove you are worthy, <br>To command with deed.<br>Or leave the spotlight...<br>That feeds more of your ego, <br>Than any initiative given.<br>And this is not perceived.<br>It is a vivid observation.<br>You appear the only one here, <br>Who can not 'see'! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So strike up that band.<br>Too many are serious.<br>And prepared they are...<br>To take a stand! <br>Command what you have.<br>Or leave!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=442861" data-title="Strike Up The Band de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Strike up the band. Do not permit us for another moment to sit. You have already persisted... You are the maestro of your gifts! So strike up that band. Come forward and produce your talents. We insist. At least reveal the evidence, You have 'i..."></div> </div> </div>

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