Head Above

Posted by Shope 34 views Poetry

Feb 252011

How do I cross this torrent?
These waters rage,
Menacing unfriendly currents
Seeming unconquerable
I despair.

This die has unequal sides
Such is life,
Where arithmetic is a charlatan,
Giving unreliable forecasts;
These peaks of tasks
Stand before me
Deluge of tears can’t
Sweep them away;

I am a traveler
Infinite paths lie before,
And behind me;
Choices brought me here,
They will take me away
Or keep me here,
No obstacle can stop me,
Not the torrent,
Not the peaks,
Only I can.

They will pull me down,
Only they that are mighty
In my eyes.
So there is none mighty,
I will not bow out,
I will keep my ahead above
This present woes