The Fighter

I love poetry! Sometimes when there's something on my mind and I can't quite put down on paper what I'm thinking, I will go to my favorite book in the house, America's Best Loved Poetry. It's a collaboration of poems from Edgar Allen Poe to unknown authors that never signed their names to their beautiful sonnets. Sometimes those are my favorite ones, maybe because I can try to imagine this unknown person and create a story of their life according to what they are saying in the poem. Granted, sometimes I don't completely understand them either, and I will keep going back and reading those once in a while for some new insight. I will probably post some of those once in a while, just because I like to share some of this with other people who may not otherwise read any poetry. Maybe just the right words can help someone out there once in a while....this is one of those...it makes me think of myself actually and alot of what I have gone through in my life as well.

THE FIGHTER

I fight a battle every day against discouragement and fear,
some foe stands always in my way,
the path ahead is never clear!
I must forever be on guard against the doubts that skulk along,
i get ahead by fighting hard, but fighting keeps my spirit strong.
I hear the croakings of despair,
the dark predictions of the weak,
i find myself pursued by care,
no matter what the end i seek,
my victories are small and few,
it matters not how hard i strive,
each day the fight begins anew,
but fighting keeps my hopes alive.
My dreams are spoiled by circumstance,
my plans wrecked by fate or luck, some hour,
perhaps, will bring my chance, but that hour has never struck,
my progress has been slow and hard,
i've had to climb and crawl and swim,
fighting for every stubborn yard,
but i have kept fighting in trim.
I have to fight my doubts away and be on guard against my fears,
the feeble croaking of dismay has been familiar through the years,
my dearest plans keep going wrong,
events combine to thwart my will,
but fighting keeps my spirit strong,
and i am undefeated still! - S.E Kiser