Affirmation

(A lone voice whispers)

If you need something to read 

To try to avoid the last waltz before a mental defeat 

For things to settle down and become that bit clearer

While thinking about life

In a quiet moment 

Surviving all your obstacles

From dams or brooks

Read on and 

Slowly sit and look

In that mirror 

When everyone seems to have your name 

Written in black capitals letters

On their charge sheet

As you petition 

Like a plaintiff in error

Look deep into those tired eyes and remember 

When you were young and brave

When no one stood in your way

And say to those pallbearer shadows 

Roaming deep

Be on your way, 

Return to thy keep

For my fate

All my works in progress 

All my hopes and dreams of love and success

Maybe false or may come true

Or melt away like something deliquesce

Into the blue 

But the one love I keep with me deep 

Is the love of my pilgrim soul, 

Who greets me 

Wherever I sleep

For I'm but a wayfarer in life

Facing challenges 

Wherever they come 

Standing courageously on life's battlefield

With my higher self 

And all things hard or sharp

We cut in two

With bravery as our spiritual knife

For together 

Me and my eternal pilgrim soul 

Will never yield

(C)

Copyright John Duffy