Engage - A Poem

Engage

400 horses wait under gleaming hood ornament,
Power & Potential at rest behind chrome grill.

Heavy Loads are ready to be pulled
Insistent Tasks beg to be completed
High Roads wait to be traveled
New Horizons call to be explored
Beckoning, Calling, Inviting, Pleading.

400 horses roar to life at the turn of fitted key,
Giving strong voice in full throated cry,
“I’m ready”, “Let’s go”, “We can do this”!

400 horses stand at the ready,
Snorting out Power and Potential with every breath.

400 horses stand…

Until…

One small lever is pushed forward,
Gears click into place,
Meshing together in their designed purpose.
Engaged. Moving together in concert.

400 horses now put their backs into it,
Power being Released, Potential being Realized.

Heavy Loads are surely carried
Insistent Tasks are faithfully done
High Roads are joyfully traveled
New Horizons are finally reached
Journey underway, Purpose in progress.

The fitted Key has been turned.
Now…
Engage.

-Thomas D. Nicodemus