Pathfinders' Blood

Rare are those among us  who can learn
        without committing errors,
without daring to become a bit more
        than we are allowed to be,
without overstepping a line we are prohibited
        from going beyond.

But they're the ones who do the perilous
        trailblazing for most of us,
who map out the obstacles we can outgrow
        and must overcome,
who, in the frenzy of finding what's beyond,
        must draw the first blood!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Faulkner Avatar
April 8, 2009 at 6:38 AM
Yes, romeo, I agree. Well said.
Naces Avatar
April 30, 2020 at 3:04 PM
Thanks, Brian.
Naces Avatar
April 30, 2020 at 3:04 PM
Thanks, Brian.
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