POETRY

Poetry About Never Giving Up

Original Poem Title: “King Us.”

Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash

We’ve our ducks in a row
and we’ll raise you another thousand
defeats before we ever
choose to throw in this towel.

Luck be on our side,
although without it
think we’ll be just fine
to fight tooth and nail.

Breathing hard at the home stretch
where thought and behavior connect
banking on the trust of a realized dream
ambition is not a want, but a need.

I hope your heart yearns for more
and opportunity
ding-dong-ditches your door,
just enough for you to get up
and see it running away
so that you must chase after it.

I pray for your hardship.
I hope for your struggle.
I expect your new self
to be of tempered steel.

Whether or mind,
body, heart, or soul,
why give up
if you still have a goal?

Originally published at https://vocal.media.