Thursday, April 15, 2021

"A Hero's Lesson" - An Original Poem for Charlie Chaplin

On April 16, 2013, a group of us gathered to celebrate Chaplin's birthday..

Pam Beahan wrote the following poem for the occasion.  

                    A Hero's Lesson

One of the many reasons that Charlie Chaplin is my hero

is because, by his example,

He taught us to insist on ourselves...

...no matter the resistance.

We must use our passions

to persevere toward the perfection of

the essence of who we are.


Like Charlie, we must never quit -

no matter the obstacles -

until we achieve our goals.


Without Charlie, we might never have learned

that City Lights could mean

an inner vision,

a bright, emotional path

out of life's many darknesses,

And that we all can be

ever rich in spirit and attitude

if only we will insist on ourselves.

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