Nothing will be given to you
You must work hard to earn it
Show your valuable good traits
Along with your true grit
Always stay determined
And be a positive influence
Maintain your inner strength
Be persistent with your perseverance

When the earth dies
The sky will not remember me
But I think the water will

A snowflake is when life and death
Touch lips~not to kiss~
But to breathe unheard words
Into each other's hollowed mouths,
Like a dark, unending woodlands.

The cygnet scorns the swan
And swims in ever wider circles.
Downstream roars the waterfall
And overhead a falcon swoops.
             ljm