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Steel Purpose
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Steel Purpose |
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D.Lester Young Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1219Austin, Tx |
Rough road ahead A sign of things to come Warning of impending trepidation Got to get an all terrain mind Driving myself, the roadblocks Are in the mind others Who saturate me in doubt Drowning me before I forge the river Who says where success is Some successful people Never reach their final goal Getting lost in a never ending desert Sometime the obstacle reappears As a tournament foe Or an impossible climb Observe and conquer You await the battle There is no turning back For only one will win the exhaustion Leaving deeper bruises on one, sometimes fatal Intertwining needs As youthful students needs to be coached The coach needing the drive to refill his tank Both carry the impossible load of success The mirror of steel reflections Can shine so proud the sunshine is captured Yet a sea of rust will wave its tail A demon that pits you against yourself Reincarnated success will change the terrain Of your past accomplishments Striving for smaller obstacles But all so important to move ahead Solitude Looking at a formidable landscape Exhilarates the climber of determination They long for the view of accomplishment Perseverance The power to drive you farther Sometimes with only your will To get over the next hill Writing in tears that shine My perseverance lies in setting free the words In the solitude of merging them In the music in you Email me at [email protected] D.Lester Young (05/19/02) Tuscaloosa, AL Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry) http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=5012 |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
A lot of truth here Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
This is so good, especially: "Got to get an all terrain mind" That line rocks! Nan |
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Zinsser Senior Member
since 2001-02-27
Posts 1641Calif. |
Yet a sea of rust will wave its tail A demon that pits you against yourself ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Solitude Looking at a formidable landscape Exhilarates the climber of determination They long for the view of accomplishment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Writing in tears that shine My perseverance lies in setting free the words In the solitude of merging them In the music in you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ such lines as these.... this is wonderful...... Connie |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
Some really great lines in this write! Enjoyable stuff! |
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