ok so i’ve been itching to post my stuff here for months but i was so scared i’d be figured out by my friends who’ve seen my work… so to those of you who recognize me through my poems, you’ve always told me to share my work with others so here i go… gulp…
DONT GIVE UP
I look ahead, right at my goal
Its great distance scares me so!
And sitting here, so very far,
Getting there, seems so bizarre!
So as I stand up from my seat
I want to make a quick retreat
Maybe I’ll run the other way
And pretend that where I am’s okay
“But no you’re not” I say aloud
As if talking to a crowd
When in fact i stand alone
Making this conflict my very own
And so i win this great combat
And give my back a little pat
I look again at my goal ahead
And try to ignore the sense of dread
So many obstacles in my track
My confidence begins to slack
With a wobble, the first step i take
And then another with a shake
Stride by stride i march along
Each step making me feel strong
But then i trip over a stumbling block
And fall to the ground with one big plop
Ouch, the pain, the aches, the hurt
I moan and groan here in the dirt
And from the ground, i strain my neck
To give my goal another check…
It seems as though it jumped a mile
And reaching it might take a while…
That thought leaves me quite broken-hearted
I’d rather return to where i started
My starting point is after all,
So much closer to my fall
How easy it would be to go back there
And give my goal, not another care
And as i turn, so very slow
I begin to retreat, head hanging low
But then while crawling my way back
I suddenly stop right in my track
“You stupid fool, what have you done?
Why abandon the journey, you’ve just begun?
It may be hard, it might get tough
But trying once is not enough…
You gotta try twice, three times, or four
And if necessary, even more…
Just don’t give up, your goal’s in sight,
You just gotta keep up that fight!
If you mess up, fall, slip, or trip,
land on your face, do a backward flip,
Just rise again, up from that dirt
Clean your hands, brush off your shirt,
Stand up straight, hold your head high
And to that goal, you’ll surely fly”
so steady, carefully, slowly i stand
And wipe the dirt off from my hands
Facing my goal, i stand erect
And continue on my way, step by step.