And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same…
Robert Frost
Day II… Despite the Certainty …
I wonder what the future holds
I hear those who guide me whispering silently, be bold
I see the golden path wanting my footprints
I want to be strong
I am elegantly frightened
I understand my infinitive, ebony errors
I say soon you’ll be sparkling
I try to dodge falling boulders as I climb my mountain
I hope I never slip and fall back again
I am elegantly frightened
Jessica Peeples
Day III… The Striking Truth….
Said my old man in his somber voice.
Life needs purpose, goal, substance,
You know what I mean.
Then why can’t life be poetry…
Mine is.
Masami Kohno
Day IV… Major Setback…
When Peace was far away-
As wrecked Men- deem they sight the Land-
At center of the sea
And struggle slacker- but to prove
As hopelessly as I-
How many the fictitious shores-
Before the Harbor be-
Emily Dickinson
Day V… Despair Drowning…
Its Infinite contain
It’s Past- enlightened to perceive
New periods- of Pain
Emily Dickinson
Day VI…
You’re stuck in the middle of somewhere
A place you cannot stay
Anticipation haunts you and failure feeds your pain
Your dark clouds have no silver lining
But success you must gain
The hands of time keep turning and your lot stays the same
Don’t stop trying to change the picture
Beneath that iron frame
You did not light your fire so they could kill the flame
Don’t lose the passion and desire
Come on, try again
We all don’t walk our desired path
We all don’t live our fantasy
We all don’t reap our labor’s fruits
We all don’t reach to the tunnel’s end
Yet we dream…
Yet we dream…
Joel Aaron
Day VII…The Big Bang…
It only makes me stronger.
Tell me I won’t succeed,
I will only break your limits.
Tell me my dreams are foolish,
I will make them come true.
Tell them to put me in chains, and I will break them.
Tell me I will never amount to anything,
And I will be the next role model.
For every person who has ever made a mark in society,
There are at least 10 people who tried to suppress them.
So get in line and take a number.
Matthew Duncan Malone
Day VIII…Invincible Power…
Are losing their and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowances for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tiered of waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream- and not make dreams your master;
If you can think- and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same:
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken
And stoop and build 'em up with worn out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them:” Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings- nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth a distance run-
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And- which is more- you'll be a Man my son!
Rudyard Kipling
Day IX… The Peaceful End…
Some where ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in the woods and I-
I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
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