Burning Torch

on this journey I’ll keep up
going up the hill and down the valley
stumbling down and rising up
cruel bruises I sustain

because I must keep going
day or night it makes no difference
whether walls of fire or scare crows surround me
my will is to keep my torch burning

With or without a shoulder to lean on
my legs wont faint carrying me
till when my age retires

I want to tell the story
From experience and not from reference
I want to speak of my journey just from the start
and make an echo)))))))))))))))))))))....)))
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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C.C. Avatar
May 13, 2015 at 12:30 PM
Love this poem! Great feeling. I can relate to wanting to experience through my own eyes. Keep them coming.
Nwakanma Avatar
May 18, 2015 at 11:02 AM
thanks Erin
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