Sonia Walker Poet Prose Poetry

The Warrior

I am a warrior,

fighting the battles

of life's challenges,

tripping over the cracks 

on the sidewalks,

drinking cold coffee,

listening to sad songs,

working on taxes,

calling in borderline sick,

and driving the combative zone

of rush-hour traffic,

what seems so important now

will eventually become faded 

pictures found in a family album

whose dusty covers are a reminder

that warriors are not immortal.



,March 10, 2017

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Teddy Kimathi April 8, 2017 at 5:05 AM Hi, Sonia. Congrats for your WIN, with this brilliant piece!! ;-) Sonia Walker April 8, 2017 at 10:34 AM Teddy, I appreciate your kind words for my poem, 'The Warrior.' Hope you are having a warm spring. Thank you, Sonia

Jesse Zerlaut July 28, 2016 at 8:30 PM This is amazing. I love the imagery, Sonia! I actually started laughing to myself with the first several lines thinking "how fitting an idea for a poem" and got to the last five and a whole different emotion bordering saddened nostalgia swept me up. If you don't know it, listen to the song "Tall Buildings" by John Hartford. It inspires the same emotions in me. Sonia Walker August 9, 2016 at 10:52 AM Jesse, sorry for the delay in replying to your encouraging comment on my poem, 'The Warrior.' I will be listening to the song you suggested, 'In Tall Buildings.' Thank you, Sonia. Jesse Zerlaut July 28, 2016 at 8:37 PM "In Tall Buildings" rather. and the best version is done by his son Jamie Hartford.

Walter T. Ashe March 15, 2016 at 9:31 PM True Warriors may not be immortal, but stay a Warrior to the end!! Life makes us Warriors! I will enjoy reading your works! :-) Sonia Walker March 15, 2016 at 9:48 PM Walter, thanks for your kind review. The Warrior thanks you also.