Visionaries

Posted on by Reena Saxena

intellect
power
innovation
invention
blaze new maps
on existing territories

leadership
creates vision
new territories
submit themselves
for exploration

don’t underestimate
preservation
but choose
what needs to be preserved
and what dumped

decisions take humankind
to unforeseeable futures
each thought drives
each step matters

Quadrille at dVerse

20 thoughts on “Visionaries”

  1. “but choose
    what needs to be preserved
    and what dumped”

    I’ve always resonated with the advice, “never hold onto tradition just for tradition’s sake, nor change something just for change’s sake, but always make a deliberate choice each time.”

    Good poem!

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  3. Spot on, Reena! Those last two lines especially. Sometimes, I wish we’d spend more time understanding how progress introduces and affects change in our society. I’m guessing if we were more thoughtful (or really cared), we’d bring to market more of what makes sense rather than a quick payday.

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