Picking Up Roots

Determination

whatever comes next,
keep going;

dark hallways,
sinkholes,
impediments,
diversions,
keep going;

every step back
is an opportunity to gather
before taking two forward,
you cannot be held back
by outside forces,
you're meant to live,
be in the moment,
accept the challenge,
keep going

don't linger,
don't dwell,
you cannot be stopped,
keep going

Within

you control
what is within you -
how you perceive the world -
don't let outside influence
blur your vision,
drawing you away
from your center,
from the path you know
to be good and right,
be strong in heart,
be firm in mind,
control what you can,
leave the rest behind

History

we are living history,
stubborn in our refusal
to learn from days past,
we march on

raising the few
above the many
we all fall,
as we have fallen
since the dawn of time,

refusing to open our eyes
to what was,
we stare into the tunnel
of what is to come,

our future:
a footnote
of a repeated
history