Life Through Rose-Shattered Glasses

Here I am

On the brink of greatness

Unable to take the first step

Here I am

Standing on the shoulders of giants

A legacy passed on by baton

Here I am

Anxious to hear the starters gun

Deafened instead by the silence

Here I am

A race of slave workers

Who built an empire

Here I am

Climbing out that valley

To that mountain top
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Matlou Avatar
November 16, 2012 at 12:40 PM
HI MASTER JONES WHAT AN INSPIRING POEM!
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June 4, 2012 at 7:28 AM
Love this piece of art here..an inspiration!!
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