Ode to the Unsung
CELEBRATE THE COMMON TEACHER, NOT THE DEAN,
CELEBRATE THE GARDENER, NOT THE QUEEN.
CELEBRATE THE COMMON SOLDIER, NOT THE GENERAL.
CELEBRATE THE EVERYDAY HERO, NOT THE GENERAL.
CELEBRATE THE WORKER, TOILING DAY AND NIGHT,
CELEBRATE THE DREAMER, CHASING STARLIGHT.
CELEBRATE THE ARTIST, PAINTING LIFE WITH HUES,
CELEBRATE THE MUSICIAN, SHARING MELODIOUS NEWS.
CELEBRATE THE HEALER, EASING OTHERS' PAIN,
CELEBRATE THE VOLUNTEER, GIVING WITHOUT GAIN.
CELEBRATE THE STORY, WOVEN IN EVERY LAND,
CELEBRATE THE UNITY, WHERE WE ALL STAND.
CELEBRATE THE KINDNESS, THAT IN SMALL ACTS LIES,
CELEBRATE THE HUMBLE, WHO DON'T SEEK THE PRIZE.
CELEBRATE THE LAUGHTER, SHARED AMONGST FRIENDS,
CELEBRATE THE JOURNEY, WHERE LIFE DESCENDS.
SO LET'S EMBRACE THE COMMON, FOR IN THEM WE FIND,
THE HEART OF HUMANITY, THE SOUL OF MANKIND.
FOR IT'S NOT THE ELITES THAT DEFINE WHO WE ARE,
BUT THE COMMON THREADS THAT BIND US, NEAR AND FAR.
IN EVERY FACE, A STORY; IN EVERY HEART, A SONG,
LET'S CELEBRATE THE COMMON, AND TOGETHER, BELONG.
