Anyone Can Nay-Say

Anyone can nay-say
and usually be right,
even an imbecile may smile
and sagely repeat
how bright morning
turns to cold night,
and the best laid plans
of mice and men

Most anyone can nay-say
be quiet as a fern:
chop wood, carry water
"live life on life's terms"

Anyone can nay-say
and usually be right:
anyone could kill Marlowe or Lennon
anyone can turn off a light

That's not to say
there's not a time to nay-say,
that bright morning
turns not to cold night,
or that passion and action
does not lose traction,
that wings don't fall off
into the sun

Anyone saying so
would be a fool indeed,
but this little point
dear reader won't you heed?

Though many who under-take journeys
across seas of new ideas
don't make it alive...

only of those who leave
do ANY ever arrive