Strength
the cord is severed on the dangling rope
that once kept me connected to so little hope
here comes the part where I sink or I swim
finding if my strength will last to the end
the highs and the lows of days just past
reaching for something I knew couldn't last
too little on one side too much on the other
like bugs in the night, with the light running for cover
like a bumper sticker stating if you can read you're too close
like a firefly whose tail in the night gently glows
like a fire that rages and then simmers to fine ash
like a warning sign you read long after the fact
the cord is now severed on the dangling rope
that once kept me connected to so little hope
I find I don't sink and how strong I can swim
finding my strength holds strong till the end
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Jo Bien | Year Posted 2010
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