fortitude
How quickly fortunes change
when the fortune you seek is fortitude
your eyes fixed on a path before you
anticipating every crack and crater
as days go by, you struggle through the hours
in vain to get a firmer grip
on what is approaching in your mind's eye
yet the scene changes moment by moment
veiled in secrecy as the clouded sky
until a thunder breaks the silence
and a heavy rain comes so suddenly
it leaves no time to wonder why
only to take cover from endless drops
so close together they outnumber your thoughts
the sound and sensation become one
and you realize you've known all along
when this poem would be done
and the only choice you had in the matter
was to oppose it, or accept it as it comes
~
2014 - 2018