Reaching Higher

Today's poem

Reaching Higher

When you want to reach up higher
Beware the flame of your desire
For burning, perhaps, may be your soul
And passion might betray your goal

The things around may not seem right
Each day a strange and senseless fight
And in the midst of such distress
The distant light shines, nonetheless

Keep fixed then on the end you seek
For this world won't look for the meek
A gentle friend, perhaps, here and there
But few the ones who truly care

Guard well each moment, listen hard
So well disguised, the losing card
And yet beyond life's fruitless games
Exists true value, fan those flames

Ignoring now the wasteful throng
Emerging with a different song
Remaining gentle, also strong
Reaching higher will not be wrong

(c) Simon J. Halliday 2013
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