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Daniel Irwin Tucker
Poems
Jan 2017
When the Mountain I Dare to Climb
When the mountain
I am afraid to climb
The ropes and tackles
Are in abundance.
In perfect shape
My body and mind
Not a weak link
In the expedition.
But when the mountain
I dare to climb
The ropes and
Tackles are tangled.
In ill shape
My body and mind.
Weakness as a
Spell does bind.
Hopes and dreams
Of tireless youth
Spend fast in
The spiritually aged.
Strength the glittering
Cloak of youth
Fades in weakening
Jaded resolve.
But in me all common
Traits dissolve.
The bucking steed
Will ne’er be tamed.
Pigeon-holed the
Misfortune of other souls
Has not been allowed
By my rebellion.
But this resolve is
Not without price--
The foothills of youth
Are far removed
By erosion caused by
Unstable belief systems
Washed away into
The Sea of Ambiguity.
A distant mountain
I sometimes see--
Distance the deceiver
Of proportion.
Challenged at the foot
Of the formidable sight
Halfway climbing
Only to slip and fall.
Does this mountain
Need to be climbed?
Do youthful dreams
Need to be fulfilled?
When these dreams
Are all you ever had
You wake up falling
Or climbing higher.
Driven by dreams
And gifts and talents
That rage like a river
In the driest desert
Calling home
What must come home.
Holding on to what
Must be fulfilled.
Obstacles that have
Become landmarks
Seem to fade
Into obscurity
Like threats that
Always remain empty.
Laughing at what
Used to bring tears.
I remain standing
Through all these trials
Not unscathed
And a bit weather beaten
Halfway up another
Formidable mountain
Making up for lost time
From a major fall.
©2017 Daniel Irwin Tucker
When you can't get around the mountain...
#depression
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