Month: December 2013

It’s been awhile since my last post.  Thankfully, this afternoon I was gently reminded how cathartic it is to write…especially when times are challenging and the “beasts” can consume you.  The words for this poem came easily to me and I purposely made it a point NOT to edit, spell/grammar check, or alter any details of it.  It is what it is.

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As of late, I’m stumbling into ditches –

Potholes, sinkholes numerous, constant

Sludge filled blockades swallow me up

Re-route, destroy my path.

Though tiresome, I succeed to claw

To climb out of each ditch –

Wash off the filthy muck and mire

Physically weakened, yet mentally stronger.

That’s all I can do…what I’m supposed to do –

Never allow persistent, muddy obstacles

Opportunity to overcome, to win –

Alter the route, more cautiously – and continue.