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D.Lester Young
Senior Member

since 2001-12-08

Posts 1219
Austin, Tx

0 posted 2002-11-11 01:22 AM

So easy it seemed
A little hill of thought
In contemplation, gaining the strength
To move so confidently forward

Reaching the zenith
You find a much greater challenge
For you are just in the foothills
Of such positive potential

Seeing it as a piece of cake
You cakewalk assertively
Seeing the topping of your dessert
Just over the next knoll

In a new found sweat
You start to realize the work involved
For your vision was too nearsighted
In a focus being too confident

Attaining success, you soon find failure
In adrenaline, you find greater pain
In the need for more, you cry out
But frustration become a way of life

Bruising pride deflates an ego
But an inner determination
Drives you into the ground
Realizing it must seek the horizon

A hill becomes a mountain so jagged
It defies logical reasoning
So in celestial inner inspiration
Of the spirituality of self survival
You take your time to reflect
Hoping for some divine intervention

The mountain will always be their to climb
Your faith now knows, to take its time
To not be so impatient for success
For it comes at different stages
Sometimes when you’re least expecting it

Thought: The puzzle of success should never have defined boundaries, only pieces that merge with greater possibilities.

D.Lester Young 11/11/2002
Tuscaloosa, AL
Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry)

MARK V SHELDON
Member Elite

since 2001-06-21

Posts 3015
In a corporeal internship...

1 posted 2002-11-12 10:26 AM

Back to the summit of the blue pages with this one, for this shows some true rock-climbing. Excellent reflection & wisdom within this outing...

-MVS

"AS ABOVE SO BELOW"

regards2you
Member Elite

since 2002-10-01

Posts 3940
California

2 posted 2002-11-12 12:27 PM

I am really becoming quite a fan of yours. You touch my thinking like no other poet here. Thank you for sharing your ideas and wisdom....like a thank you, I needed that; it was a need not known until I began reading your poetry.

How much better I feel for having done so, as corny as it may seem to some, my ~brain~ comes alive!

Regarding this poem I liked the last seven lines which include the
~Thought~ paragraph.....

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Warmly,
Pat

..without surrender, be on good terms with all persons..
"Desiderata"

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